• DocumentCode
    1049498
  • Title

    Reminiscence: at the dawn of the space age /spl lsqb/satellite radio transmissions/spl rsqb/

  • Author

    Swenson, George W., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    35
  • Abstract
    The author gives a personal account of some of the satellite radio communication experiments being carried out in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In particular the author mentions the Sputnik series of satellites and the Nora-Alice payloads on the Discoverer series of satellites. The study of the ionosphere is particularly discussed.<>
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; history; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation; satellite links; Discoverer satellites; Nora-Alice payloads; Sputnik satellites; ionosphere; satellite radio communication experiments; satellite radio transmissions; Artificial satellites; Earth; Frequency; History; Interferometers; Laboratories; Observatories; Radio astronomy; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/74.275548
  • Filename
    275548
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1049498