Title :
ATS-6 Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 20771
Abstract :
The Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) is scheduled for the second year of satellite operation. Applications Technology Satellite (ATS-6) will receive C-band video signals frorn Abmedabad and Delhi, India, and will retransmitt the video and two audio sub-carriers at 860 MHz to 6 clusters of 400 direct-receive stations for a total of 2400 direct-receive stations. Morning programs of 1.5 hours per day are designed for classroom use, and evening programs of 2.5 hours duration are designed for village adult education. Indian production antennas and television sets have been tested and found to meet specifications, and a successful experiment is anticipated.
Keywords :
Aerospace testing; Artificial satellites; Educational institutions; Educational programs; NASA; Relays; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; TV; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1975.308154
