Spacecraft systemsPergamon Press, 1970 - Astronautics |
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... ESTrack network had achieved its operational status before May 1968. With its coverage , ESTrack permits more than 90 % data retrieval , and all switch - on operations have been performed from the ESOC Control Centre , in Darmstadt ...
... ESTrack network had achieved its operational status before May 1968. With its coverage , ESTrack permits more than 90 % data retrieval , and all switch - on operations have been performed from the ESOC Control Centre , in Darmstadt ...
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... ESTrack network does not allow coverage of the whole orbit , data is stored on an on - board tape recorder . This can be played back on command . The playback rate is 32 times the recording rate - thus a whole orbit of information can ...
... ESTrack network does not allow coverage of the whole orbit , data is stored on an on - board tape recorder . This can be played back on command . The playback rate is 32 times the recording rate - thus a whole orbit of information can ...
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... ESTrack stations at Redu ( Belgium ) , at Spitzbergen ( Norway ) , at Fairbanks ( Alaska ) and possibly the Falkland Islands ( U.K. ) . Playback data can be dumped on any of these stations . High speed real time data is primarily ...
... ESTrack stations at Redu ( Belgium ) , at Spitzbergen ( Norway ) , at Fairbanks ( Alaska ) and possibly the Falkland Islands ( U.K. ) . Playback data can be dumped on any of these stations . High speed real time data is primarily ...
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Past and Future J Kork and W R Schindler | 3 |
E General Dynamics Fort Worth Texas U S | 36 |
BIGOT G CNES BrétignysurOrge SeineetOise France | 39 |
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ablation ablative heat shield ablative materials aerobraking aircraft altitude amplifier antenna Apollo application atmosphere boosters capability capsule coiffe command components configuration cost cylinder Delta detection detector Diamant Earth resource electronic environment environmental equipment ESRO ESTrack étage experiments exploration filter flux Fraunhofer Fraunhofer line function Gemini Grand Tour heat shield instrument interplanetary inventories lanceur landing launch vehicle luminescence lunar lunar surface mass measurements ment meteoroid module moteur NASA operations orbit particle payload performance periapsis phase phenolic photocathode photomultiplier piston planet problems propergol propulsion pyrotechnic pyrotechnic devices radiation radiometer re-entry reliability Rhodamine rocket satellite Saturn sensor sequential space shown in Fig signal Sisyphus solar solar cells Space Flight space photography space vehicle spacecraft stage structure subsystem Surveyor techniques temperature thermal tion trajectory utilizing velocity vernier engines voltage weight