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Briefcase communicator
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Description | In the photo at bottom right, a U.S. Park Police officer is demonstrating a battery-powered communications system, sufficiently compact to be packed in a briefcase-size container, which can send and receive signals over great distances by means of satellite relay. Key to the system's efficacy is the high-powered transmitting and receiving equipment aboard such NASA satellites as the Applications Technology Satellite6 (ATS-6) and the joint U.S.-Canadian Communications Technology Satellite (CTS); this enables the briefcase communicator to pick up satellite-relayed signals by means of the small hook-on antenna shown instead of the more elaborate-ground equipment customarily needed. Developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the communicator is intended for use in emergency situations. It has utility, for example, in disasters, such as floods and hurricanes, where power failure disrupts conventional communications; for on-the-spot transmissions from major accident sites; or in remote areas where no other means of communication exists |
| File Size | 305146 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20070019725 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7mp9v21b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1979-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation Disasters Transmission Receivers Emergencies Hurricanes Ground Support Equipment Communications Technology Satellite Floods Electric Batteries Failure Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |