COURIER

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On 4 October 1960, the US Department of Defense launched Courier into an elliptical orbit between 956 km and 1 240 km, with a period of 107 minutes and an inclination of 28.3º to the Equator. Courier had a transmit power of 4W at UHF and had five tape recorders on board for delayed repeated transmission of real-time voice, data and facsimile. The satellite was powered by solar cells, which were also used to trickle-charge Ni-Cd batteries to provide power when the Sun was not available. Courier lasted only 17 days before its control systems apparently lost synchronisation and would not respond.


Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to Courier include: 
 
  • Satellite Receiver
  • SCORE
  • Relay I
  • Satellite system
  • Communications Moon Relay I (CMR)
  • Sputnik
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  • Explorer I
  • Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (ARABSAT)
  • Syncom
  • Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS)
  • Orbcomm
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  • Ellipso
  • Telstar
  • Echo
  • Comsat
  • Intelsat

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