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... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''SATCOM KU-1'''''
Image = Image:SATCOM_Ku-1_STS-61-C.jpg 200px Organization = GE American Communications, Inc. (United States) Major_Contractors = ... /nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=SATCOM%20KU-1 Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle SATCOM KU-1 was a commercial communications satellites built by RCA and deployed by the STS 61 ...

... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''SATCOM KU-2'''''
Image = Image:SATCOM_Ku-2_STS-61-B.jpg 200px Organization = GE American Communications, Inc. (United States) Major_Contractors = ... /nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=SATCOM%20KU-2 Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle SATCOM KU-2 was a commercial communications satellite built by RCA and deployed from the STS 61 ...

... ) During November NASA would launch the first RCA Satcom Ku-Band satellite, KU-2, on Space Shuttle mission 61-B. Three RCA Satcom Ku-Band satellites would complement the operating Satcom C-Band ... would launch Mexico's Morelos B satellite, Australia's AUSSAT 2, and RCA's Satcom KU-2. Jerry Ross and Sherwood Spring would also take two long spacewalks to assemble 93 ...

... the insulation; there was nothing else binding. And then we also had to do the Ku-antenna. It had failed. Its pointing mechanism had failed. If it doesn’t rotate correctly ... would have to jettison that before could close the payload bay doors to enter. The Ku-band assembly, just the antenna itself, is like a million dollars, and the digital avionics ... about it anymore. Now, that caused us problems orbiter-wise, because now to use the Ku, which the SIR-B antenna required for its high data rate, we had to point ...

... domestic communications satellite capacity in the 4-6 GHz (C-band) and 11-14 GHz (Ku-band) frequencies. Having decided to resume advanced communications satellite research, NASA would work toward opening ... 20-to 30-GHz (Ka-band) offered a far greater range than the C-or Ku-band; capacities of communications satellite systems using it would be 50 to 100 times greater ...

... crew's main job for the day was deployment of the 4,144-lb. SATCOM KU-2 satellite owned and operated by RCA American Communications (RCA Americom). The uninsured $50 million satellite was the last of three KU-brand domestic communications satellites that operated in the 12 to 14 gigahertz range. It had ...

... observer to fly in space. During the mission, the crew would deploy RCA's Satcom KU-2 communications satellite, the second in a series of three, with its payload assist module ... -2) upper stage. The crew on mission STS61-C 61-C in November deployed Satcom KU-1. Also onboard Columbia in the payload bay would be the Materials Science Lab-2 ...

... operations services. Space Shuttle Discovery encountered its first malfunction during Mission STS-91 , when the KU-band system failed to switch on after Discovery 's crew deployed its antenna upon reaching orbit. The KU-band downlink carries broadcasts with a high rate of data. The system failure prevented the ...

... built the 8,900-pound (4,037-kilogram) JCSAT 12 , equipping it with 30 active Ku-band and 12 C-band transponders, to provide communications services to Hawaii, Japan, and the ... the Optus D3, a 5,400-pound (2,449-kilogram) craft that would use 24 Ku-band transponders to relay communications and direct-to-home television services across Australia and New ...

... Walker. Deployed during this mission were the Morelos-B (Mexico), Aussat-2 (Australian), and SATCOM KU-2 (RCA) satellites. This mission demonstrated construction in space by manually assembling the EASE and ... hours, 34 minutes; EVA 2, 6 hours, 46 minutes. Payload Deploy SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communications) Ku-2 with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II; deploy Morelos (Mexico communications satellite)-B with ...

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