Communication Satellites for the 70's : Technology.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Editorial Committee for Volume 25 -- I.Satellite Transponders -- Latest Advances in Space Traveling-Wave Tubes -- Spacecraft S-Band 10-100 WRF Amplifier Tubes -- Large Population Orbital Experience with Long-Life Traveling Wave Tubes -- A New Approach to RF Multiplexer Design for Use in Communications Satellites -- II. Spacecraft Subsystems -- TACSAT I Nutation Dynamics -- Three-Axis Attitude Control of a Synchronous Communications Satellite -- Development of a Nonsliding, Rotary, Electrical Contact -- Despin Bearing Technology and Applications for Communications Satellites -- Thermal Analysis and Control of the Air Force Tactical Communications Satellite -- An Advanced Horizon Sensor for Synchronous Altitude 3-Axis Stabilized Satellites -- Visible Light Sensors for Circular, Near-Equatorial Orbits -- Self-Contained Control of Synchronous Orbits -- Lincoln Experimental Satellite (LES-6) Solar Cell Degradation Experiment -- III. Spacecraft Antennas -- A Mechanically Despun Antenna for the Skynet (IDCSP/A) Communications Satellite -- Variable-Coverage Communications Antenna for LES-7 -- Data Relay Satellite Phased Array -- Sidelobe Suppression Techniques for Reflector Antennas on Satellites -- IV. High-Power Transmission -- Power Sources, Transfer, and Conditioning for High-Power Communication Satellites -- High Power Transmitters for Space -- Aerial RF Noise Measurement in Urban Areas at UHF Frequencies -- Frequency Sharing between FM and AM-VSB Television Transmission Systems -- Low Cost ETV Satellite Receivers -- Oriented Flexible Rolled-Dp Solar Array -- V. Integration and Testing -- Integration and Testing of the Defense Satellite Communication System Phase II Satellite -- Satellite Communications Testing -- VI. Launch Vehicles.

Capabilities of the Titan Family for Communications Satellite Delivery -- Launch Vehicle Utilization in Comsat's Programs -- VII. Digital Techniques -- Multiple-Access and Demand-Assignment Techniques -- Modulation, Synchronization, and Coding in Digital Satellite Communication -- VIII. Earth Stations -- Commercial Communication Satellite Earth Stations-Past, Present, and Future -- Earth Station Radiation Diagrams with Respect to Interference Isolation Capability: A Comparative Evaluation -- Low-Noise, Wideband, Uncooled Preamplifier -- The Spade Concept Applied to a Network of Large and Small Earth Stations -- The Terrestrial Interface at SPADE Terminals -- United Kingdom Satellite Command and Control Facility -- The TATS Master - A Net Controller for Tactical Satellite Communications -- Index to Contributors to Volume 25 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W.

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