DocumentCode
980163
Title
Space Telemetry Systems
Author
Williams, W.E., Jr.
Author_Institution
Office of Space Flight Operations, NASA, Washington, D.C.
Volume
48
Issue
4
fYear
1960
fDate
4/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
685
Lastpage
690
Abstract
This paper presents some of the problems which are faced in the field of space telemetry, and gives a few examples of the approaches used in attempts to solve these problems to date. The different types of information to be transmitted back to receiving stations on the earth from satellites and space probes are discussed. The telemetry systems (FM/FM, FM/AM, PCM/PM, etc.) which have been used in various experiments of this type are described, along with some typical performance figures for some past payloads. The paper is concluded with a discussion of the problems to be faced in future experiments.
Keywords
Bandwidth; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Land vehicles; Missiles; Probes; Road vehicles; Satellite broadcasting; Telemetry; Temperature sensors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-8390
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JRPROC.1960.287448
Filename
4066076
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