The Large Geostationary Platform and the Real World
| dc.contributor.author | Board, John E. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-22T23:03:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-22T23:03:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980-10 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0884-5123 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0074-9079 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614334 | |
| dc.description | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 14-16, 1980 / Bahia Hotel, San Diego, California | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Space Shuttle will make it possible to place large complicated structures in orbit. The large geostationary platform is a prime candidate for Shuttle launch. A single communications platform placed in geostationary orbit over the United States could alleviate the growing problems of orbit and spectrum congestion by providing communications capacity equal to a large number of conventional satellites at substantially lower cost. A variety of nontechnical and institutional problems such as platform ownership and control, user participation, financial support, and political acceptance must be resolved along with the technical issues of platform/payload design, fabrication, and integration. This paper discusses the institutional aspects of large geostationary platform implementation; presents important economic and political tradeoffs; and identifies potential legal and social problems likely to influence acceptance of the multi-payload, multi-mission concept. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.telemetry.org/ | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.title | The Large Geostationary Platform and the Real World | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Proceedings | en |
| dc.contributor.department | General Dynamics Convair Division | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings | en |
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| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-15T03:47:30Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The Space Shuttle will make it possible to place large complicated structures in orbit. The large geostationary platform is a prime candidate for Shuttle launch. A single communications platform placed in geostationary orbit over the United States could alleviate the growing problems of orbit and spectrum congestion by providing communications capacity equal to a large number of conventional satellites at substantially lower cost. A variety of nontechnical and institutional problems such as platform ownership and control, user participation, financial support, and political acceptance must be resolved along with the technical issues of platform/payload design, fabrication, and integration. This paper discusses the institutional aspects of large geostationary platform implementation; presents important economic and political tradeoffs; and identifies potential legal and social problems likely to influence acceptance of the multi-payload, multi-mission concept. |
