DocumentCode
1124520
Title
ATS-6 Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
Author
Miller, John E.
Author_Institution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 20771
Issue
6
fYear
1975
Firstpage
1033
Lastpage
1037
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1975.308154
Filename
4101529
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