February 1974
From The Space Library
The European Space Research Organization awarded study and advance procurement contracts totaling $2.8 million for its maritime satellite MAROTS. GEC/Marconi of the United Kingdom received a six-month $1.16-million contract for Phase B detailed design and definition work on the communications payload. Thomson-CSF of France was awarded $100 000 to continue critical development of an L-band transistor amplifier. Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Ltd., also of U.K., was awarded a six-month $1.13-million contract for a Phase B detailed design study to adapt the Orbital Test Satellite platform to a maritime mission and for associated advance procurement. MAROTS would be launched into geostationary orbit in August 1977 to acquire experimental data and preoperational experience. (ESRO Newsletter, June 74, 4)
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