Accession Number : AD0647730

Title :   THE QUANTUM GENERATOR IN SPACE.

Corporate Author : FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Report Date : 07 DEC 1966

Pagination or Media Count : 7

Abstract : The Cosmos 97 satellite contained an ammonia-molecule laser as a frequency generator for application in determining the satellite's trajectory. The laser operates on solar batteries, is set up on the external surface of the satellite, covered with a sheathing and connected with apparatus inside the satellite through hermetic leads. Its operation is controlled through a special command radio link from groundpoints and autonomically, through a program time device. (Author)

Descriptors :   (*GAS LASERS, *SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES), FREQUENCY, GENERATORS, MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS, SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS

Subject Categories : Lasers and Masers
      Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE