DocumentCode
952105
Title
Explorer Satellite Electronics
Author
Victor, W.K. ; Richter, H.L. ; Eyraud, J.P.
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. Tech., Pasadena, Calif.
Issue
42403
fYear
1960
Firstpage
78
Lastpage
85
Abstract
A discussion is presented of the design restrictions and the philosophy which enabled the Explorer satellites to be first during the IGY to reveal the presence of a belt of intense cosmic radiation encircling the earth´s equator. In addition, an indication of the amount and momentum of cosmic dust in the solar system was obtained from the Explorers. Methods used to obtain reliability in the transducing and communications system are described, together with interpretations of space-environment information as deduced from the narrow-band telemetry.
Keywords
Batteries; Earth; Instruments; Missiles; Nose; Payloads; Propulsion; Rockets; Satellite broadcasting; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Military Electronics, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-2511
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/IRET-MIL.1960.5008205
Filename
5008205
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