GRET DORIAN 

WIDE BAND DATA READ OUT 

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C. L. Olson 

6 February 1969 

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THE ENCLOSED BRIEFING MATERIAL. PREPJAPF,i) BY THE MOL 

ADVANCE PLANS OFFICE, REPRESENTS A STATUS REPORT ON 

WIDE BAND DATA READ OUT APPLICATIONS ;"OR POSSIBLE BLOCK II 

MOL USE. 

THE STUDY WAS INFORMALLY REVIEWED WITH MO. GEN. STEWART 

AND STAFF AT AEROSPACE ON 29 JANUARY 1969. 

IT IS CONCLUDED THAT CURRENT TECHNOLOGY PERMITS FROM 10 

TO MORE THAN 50 2"X2" FRAMELETS TO BE SECURELY RETURNED 

TO THE USER PER DAY, IN A DIRECT MOL-TO-GROUND MODE, FOR 

A TOTAL COST OF UNDER 30 M$. IT IS FURTHER CONCLUDED THAT 

SHARED UTILIZATION OF A SATELLITE DATA LINK WOULD PERMIT 

TRANSFER OF DATA AT A RATE EQUIVALENT TO 1000 2"X2" FRAMELETS 

PER DAY FOR A TOTAL COST OF LESS THAN 45 M$. 

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BACKGROUND 

O IS THERE A "POOR MAN'S" WBDRO FOR MOL? 

• PREVIOUS PROGRAM WB HARDWARE AND STUDY CONTRACTS 

CBS - BTL - DOUGLAS 

DEFERRED LATE '67. SPACE AND WEIGHT ALLOCATIONS 

MAINTAINED 

O AEROSPACE PRELIMINARY SURVEY STUDY 

✓ APPARENTLY MANY CHEAP WAYS TO GO, DESERVES 

SIGNIFICANT EFFORT 

• GENERAL ELECTRIC PRELIMINARY BRIEFING (OCT. - NOV) 

✓ EQUIPMENT AND CAPABILITY. TOR DATA DELIVERY 

APPEARS FEASIBLE 

• GENERAL ELECTRIC IN-HOUSE STUDY (NOV. , DEC. , JAN.) 

✓ COMPONENTS APPEAR AVAILABLE 

STATE-OF- THE-ART DELIVERY VIA SGLS VERY WORTH WHILE 

I EITHER RTS DELIVERY OR VIA mcsp OR DCS PHASE II 

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POTENTIAL BENEFITS OBTAINED FROM A WIDE BAND SYSTEM CAPABILITY 

I. EARLY GROUND USE 

2. HEALTH CHECK 

3. PROGRAM INSURANCE 

4. OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY 

5. IDEAL MATCH FOR RELAY LENS 

6. GROWTH POTENTIALS 

7. MAXIMUM CREW INVOLVEMENT 

8. POSSIBLE OTHER MISSION USES 

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WIDEBAND SYSTEM SURVEY CONSIDERATIONS 

• ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT STATUS 

DATA GENERATION AND REDUCTION IMPACT 

O DATA LINK POSSIBILITIES 

SECURITY ASPECTS 

• SELECTED ALTERNATIVES 

O R. O. M. COSTS 

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WIDEBAND SYSTEM ELEMENTS STUDIED 

READERS: LUNAR ORBITOR RCA LASER BEAM 

CBS SPOT SCANNER LASER FREQUENCY CHOICES 

LINKS: MODIFICATIONS (5 SETS) TO SGLS 

S- BAND 

X- BAND 

KA

-BAND 

EHF - BAND 

OPTICAL BAND, FAR IR 

THRU VISIBLE TO NEAR UV 

RELAY SATELLITES, ALL 

BANDS ABOVE 

.SITE SELECTION: WEATHER EFFECTS, SPACECRAFT TO GROUND 

CONTACT TIMES, GROUND TO USER LINKS 

O SPACECRAFT SPACE ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS 

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BASIC WIDE-BAND DATA RELAY SYSTEM 

LATENT )DEVELOPMENT--SELECTED CONVERTER,---DATA LINK -ANT. 

IMAGE FILM READER ENCRYPTOR, TRANSMITTER 

& MODULATOR 

DATA LINK--> RECEIVER &---DEMODULATION,-- FILM -->FILM —>DEVELOPED 

RECEIVING AMPLIFICATION DECRYPTION, WRITER IMAGE 

APERATURE & D/A CONVERSION 

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STATUS 

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REMARKS 

• PRIMARY OR 

SECONDARY/BI MAT 

• PROCESSOR 

• VIEWER 

• SELECTOR/CARRIER 

• READER/WRITER 

• ENCRYPTOR 

• A/D & D/A CONVERTERS 

• MODULATORS/TRANSMITTERS 

• BUFFER/MULTIPLEXER 

O RECEIVER/DEMODULATOR 

O SPACE-TO-GROUND LINK 

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AVAILABLE 

REPACKAGE 

REDESIGN 

NEW DESIGN 

LUNAR OR3ITOR/ 

COMPASS LINK/RCA 

UNIT (DERIVATIVE) 

< 5 MBPS DESIGNED 

REPACKAGE & QUAL. 

REPACKAGE & QUAL. 

BREADBOARD DESIGNS 

RF DESIGNS S.& X; 

LASER LINK 

BREADBOARDS 

Li /DORIAN 

CHOICE DEPENDS ON 

OPERATIONAL FACTORS 

COULD BE BATCH OR CONTINUOUS 

SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH 

QUANTITY 

HUMAN FACTORS IMPORTANT 

TO DESIGN 

PACKAGING AND/OR QUALIF. REQ'D. 

HIGH RATES REQUIRE UPGRADING 

CTAK (20 MBPS) REQUIRES $5M 

PACKAGING & QUAL. REQ'D 

ALL TYPES AVAILABLE ‹..1: 24 MOS. 

SOME DESIGN REQ'D > 5 MBPS 

DETAIL DESIGN & PKG. REQ'D 

ALL COMPONENTS DESIGNED. 

PACKAGING & QUAL. REQ'D 
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SECURE COMMUNICATION 

SECURITY OF TRANSMISSION ASSURED BY ENCRYPTION (RF) 

OR EXTREMELY SMALL "FOOT-PRINT" (LASER) 

41 NSA DEFINITION OF NON-ENCRYPTED, "PRIVATE" COMMUNICATIONS 

DOES NOT EXIST. 

RF ENCRYPTION CAPABILITY 

CURRENT 1-2 MB CAPACITY 

UPGRADE 4 

4 

TO 20 MB 

12 MO. LEAD TIME 

$3-6 MILLION DEVELOPMENT 

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GROUND TRANSMISSION OF DATA TO USER 

• DATA FROM "REMOTE" GROUND STATIONS CAN BE TRANSFERRED 

TO WDC "USER" VLA. AIRCRAFT, SATELLITE,OR LEASED LANDLINES. 

CONUS LANDLINES 

TYPE 

CAPACIT Y LIMITING S/C 

RATE TO GROUND* 

(250. SEC. TRANS. ) 

LEASE 

PER SEC/ PER DAY COST 

STANDARD 

MODEMS 

260 KB/SEC 22 X 109 BITS 80 MB/SEC: "■ S25/140/MI 

TV LINES 2-4 MB/SEC >173 X 109 BITS >700 MB/SEC 

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*ASSUMES SINGLE PASS/DAY 
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1. 76 x 103 k2 A 

= 2. 3 x 103 k

2 A 

H { 27 db SNR 

= 17 for 

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o 

5 b. SAM?. 

SPATIAL FREQUENCY (1/mm ) • 

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POLE FILTER 

H 

a 

wr4 

z

H 

z 

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REQUIRED SYSTEM CAPACITY 

500. 0 

z 

tl 100

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50. 0 

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(SQ.IN. ) / 250 SEC. 

10..0 

5. 0 

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SUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICS 

HIGH RESOLUTION DATA READ-OUT SYSTEMS 

THIS CHART STARTS AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE LOWEST COST, MOST READILY PROCURED, 

LEAST CAPABILITY SYSTEM. WHILE THE COSTS FOR ATTAINING THIS es.0 2 SQ. IN (4,000 SQ. FT. 

PER DAY SYSTEM ARE APPROXIMATELY HALF THAT OF EITHER THE S OR X BAND SYSTEMS, 

THERE WOULD BE LITTLE IF ANY CARRY-OVER TOWARD ATTAINING THEIR 40-60 SQ. IN. /DAY 

CAPABILITY BY INITIALLY EXCERCISING THIS OPTION. THE ONLY GROWTH AVENUE FOR THIS 

LIMITED SYSTEM IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DATA RELAY SATELLITE WHICH IS DISCUSSED ON 

ANOTHER CHART. THE DATA RATE IS FUNDAMENTALLY LIMITED BY THE ENCRYPTER 

TO ABOUT 2 MBPS. 

THE TWO SYSTEMS IN THE MIDDLE OF. THE CHART DEPEND ESSENTIALLY UPON THE SAME 

LEVEL OF ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT: NAMELY A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED RELIABLE READER 

AND WRITER TOGETHER WITH AT LEAST A 20 MEGABIT PER SECOND ENCRYPTER. THE 40 

MBPS SYSTEM UTILIZES TWO 20 MB ENCRYPTORS IN PARALLEL WHILE THE 60 MB SYSTEM 

REQUIRES THREE. 

THE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SHOWN IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CHART COULD 

INHERENTLY EXCEED 500 MBPS IF NOT LIMITED BY READER AND WRITER CAPABILITIES. 

WHILE RATES OF ABOUT 100 MBPS CAN BE ENVISIONED WITH FORESEEABLE IMPROVEMENTS 

IN THE PRESENT R/W TECHNIQUES, IT APPEARS THAT ANOTHER QUANTUM STEP WOULD BE 

REQUIRED TO EXCEED RATES OF ABOUT 250 MBPS. EVEN IF ENCRYPTION DEVICES EXCEEDING 

100 MBPS DO NOT MATERIALIZE, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO UTILIZE THE OPTICAL LINK TO A 

SECURE GROUND TERMINAL BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY SMALL FOOTPRINT IT PROVIDES. 

THE LASER TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE SUCH CAPABILITIES MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE 

TO THE AF THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT STUDIES CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE 

NASA FOR THE ATS. 

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R/W • ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY 

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OPTICAL BAND 

100-250 MBPS 

25-68 FRAMES/DAY 

(PRIVATE) 

36 MO. ---J30 M$ ? 

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SUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICS 

HIGH RESOLUTION DATA READ-OUT SYSTEMS 

• AUTOMATED FILM 

CARRIER 

o TV GROUND LINK 

TIE IN ? 

• (IF X BAND, LSI 

ENCRYPT. ?) 

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COMMENTS 

• NASA LASER COM. 

LINK PRESENTLY 

IN DEVELOPMENT 

• WEATHER 

SENSITIVE (S. W. 

U. S. RECEIVING 

STATION) 

• LESS SENSITIVE TO 

BAND ALLOCATION 

THAN "S" 

• COMPASS LINK WRITER • MINIMUM COST/ 

ENCRYPT.' REPACKAGE - REQUAL.' 

(READER) • AUGMENTED SGLS 

MINIMUM CAPABIL. 

SYSTEM 

IviODULATOR/BUFFER 

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Rik) EZVCS1211 DCONTACT TIME/DAY = 500 SEC. 

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X BAND 

60 MBPS 

15 FRAMES/DAY 

(SECURE) 

24 MO /1/4)25 M$ 

S BAND 

40 MBPS 

10 FRAMES/DAY 

(SECURE) 

24 MO ,s.) 23 M 

SGLS 

2 MBPS 

1/2 FRAME/DAY 

(SECURE) 

18 MON 10 M$ 

NOTES: 

• IMPROVED R/W 

ENCRYPTION • ?.0 MBPS ENCRYPT. (TRIPLE) 

• IMPROVED FILM CARRIER 

o 6 0 MODULATION (40'DISI-1) 

io R/W CAPABLE OF 

GROWTH TO 60 

MBPS 

• LIMITED GROWTH 

ENCRYPT ION 

(BAND 

ALLOCATION) 

• IMPROVED R/W 

• 20 MBPS ENCRYPT .DUAL) 

• IMPROVED FILM CARRIER 

• 4 0 MODULATION (60' DISH) 
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BUILDING BLOCK SYSTEM COST ESTIMATE 

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O SYSTEM DESIGN 

READER 

• R&D (1.1) 

• PACKAGING & QUAL. (1.0) 

J WRITER 

• R & D HARDWARE (1. 85) 

GE - DESIGN INTEGRATION & COMPONENT 

PACKAGING 

MDAC - VEHICLE INTEGRATION & TEST 

• ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT 

J A/D CONVERTER 

J FILM PROCESSOR 

VIEWER & SELECTION 

J CARRIER 

D/A CONVERTER (GROUND) 

NON-RECURRING RECURRING 

(M$) 

(8. 95) (0.• 28) 

2. 10 0. 28 

1. 85 

2.50 

2. 50 

(1. 45) (0. 60) 

0. 30 0.20 

0. 20 0. 15 

0.. 30 0. 10 

0. 40 0. 15 

0: 25 

(9. 30) (0. 25) 

5. 10 0. 10 

0.35 0.05 

0. 22 0. 10 

3. 63 

19. 70 \ 1. 13 

(AVE) 

• LINK EQUIPMENT - 

J 20 MBPS ENCRYPTORS (AVE/GRND) 

J 40 MBPS MOD/DEMOD (AVE/GRND) 

j BUFFER/MULTIPLEXER (AVE/GRND) 

NEW WDC STATION - 60 FT ANT. 

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BUILDING BLOCK SYSTEM COST ESTIMATE 

(X-BAND, 60 MBPS SYSTEMS) 

SYSTEM DESIGN 

NON-RECURRING M RECURRING 

(';x.40) (0. 30) 

.1 READER 9. 40 0. 30 

o R & D (1.2) 

o PACKAGING & QUAL (1.25) 

Z. 45 0. 30 

d WRITER 

o R & D .+ HARDWARE (1.95) 

1. 95 

d GE - DESIGN INTEGRATION & COMPONENT 2. 50 

PACKAGING 

MDAC-VEHICLE INTEGRATION & TEST Z. 50 

• ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT (1. 60) 

.1 A/D CONVERTER 0. 40 

FILM PROCESSOR (AVE) 0. 20 

I IMPROVED VIEWER, SELECTOR 0.75 

AND CARRIER 

d D/A CONVERTER (GROUND) 0. 25 

(0. 65) 

0. 30 

0. 15 

0. 20 

• LINK EQUIPMENT 

20 MBPS ENCRYPTORS (AVE/GRND) 

60 MBPS MOD/DEMOD (AVE/GRND) 

I BUFFER/MULTIPLEXER (AVE/GRND) 

.1 NEW WDC STATION - 40 FT ANT. 

(9. 48) 

5. 15 

0.40 

0.30 

3. 63 

TOTALS 20.48, 

(0. 30) 

0. 15 

0, 05 

0. 10 

1. 25 

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COMPARISON OF DIRECT CONTACT VS. RELAY SATELLITE LINK 

• DIRECT CONTACT SPACECRAFT-TO-SINGLE-GROUND STATION 

AVERAGE USEABLE SECONDS/DAY = 500 

• SPACECRAFT-TO-STATIONARY-SATELLITE CONTACT 45% OF EACH 

90 MINUTES ORBIT 

✓ 2,400 SECONDS/ORBIT 

✓ 38,400 SECONDS/DAY 

SINCE STATIONARY SATELLITE ALWAYS SEES GROUND STATION 

SATELLITE RELAY TIME - 38,000 CONTACT RATIO - 75 TIMES FACTOR DIRECT CONTACT TIME 50 0-

CONCLUSIONS: 

.1 USE OF PRESENT SGLS QUALIFIED COMPONENTS AND A SINGLE RELAY 

COULD PROVIDE CAPABILITY EQUIVALENT TO A 150 MBPS DIRECT1 

SPACECRAFT-TO-GROUND LINK. (150 SQ.IN. )/DAY = 38 FRAMLETS 

.1 READER AND WRITER CAPABILITY TO MATCH THIS 2 MBPS CAPACITY 

SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE "COMPASS LINK:' 

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POTENTIAL DATA RELAY SATELLITE CAPABILITY 

A DATA RELAY SATELLITE LOCATED AT SYNCHRONOUS ALTITUDE AT ABOUT 100°W WOULD 

HAVE CONTINUOUS VISIBILITY TO ANY POINT IN CONUS. SINCE THE MOL SPACECRAFT IS IN 

POLAR ORBIT, IT WILL SEE THE DATA RELAY SATELLITE FOR OVER 45% OF EVERY ORBIT. 

THIS PROVIDES A FACTOR OF OVER 75 TIMES GREATER CONTACT TIME THAN THE DIRECT 

SPACECRAFT-TO-GROUND LINK CAPABILITY, AS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS CHART. 

COMMUNICATIONS RELAY SATELLITES OF VARIOUS TYPES ARE EITHER CURRENTLY IN 

OPERATION OR ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE EARLY 70'S SUCH AS THE COMSAT, TACSAT, 

DCS, SCS, 621B, ETC. IT APPEARS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE MOL PROGRAM 

COULD EITHER OBTAIN A DEDICATED SATELLITE OR CLEAR CHANNEL FROM ONE OF THESE 

PROGRAMS FOR THE RECURRING COSTS INVC,LVED, THIS HAS LEEN ESTIMATED BY VARIOUS 

PROGRAMS TO RANGE FROM $10M TO $15M. IF THE MOL PROGRAM HAD TO SHARE PART OF 

THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR THE WHOLE SATELLITE SYSTEM, THIS MT.GHT ADD ANOTHER 

$10M OR SO TO THE COSTS. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT TIE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT 

COSTS WOULD BE BORNE BY MOL, SUCH A DATA RELAY WOULD COST IN THE RANGE OF 

$30 - 40 M. 

SINCE THE DATA RELAY COMMUNICATIONS LINK COULD TERMINATE ANYWHERE IN CONUS, IT 

APPEARS MOST CONVENIENT FOR THIS SECURE TERMINAL TO BE CLOSE TO THE USER. COSTS 

FOR SUCH A FACILITY HAVE BEEN COMPUTED BY SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS AT ABOUT 

$3. 6M. THIS COST IS INCLUDED ON THIS CHART. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUCH COSTS MAY BE 

REDUCED BY COST SHARING BETWEEN SEVERAL PROGRAMS. 

COST FIGURES SHOWN FOR THE SPACECRAFT FOR THE 2, 20 AND 60 MBPS ENCRYPTED SYSTEMS 

ACTUALLY ARE COMPOSED OF NOT ONLY THE SYSTEM PECULIAR COSTS .FOR THE SPACECRAFT, 

BUT ALSO INCLUDE THOSE SYSTEM PECULIAR COSTS REQUIRED FOR BOTH THE DATA RELAY 

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DATA 

RELAY 

SATELLITE 

(REPEATER) 

OPTICAL 

OR OWN R&D 

RF 

ADD TO DEL,. SAT $20-30M 

SHARING DEV. SAT 

DEDICATED SAT $6. 4M 

SOLE LAUNCH $8. OM 

$T-4. 41VI D CS II 

OR 

DEDICATED JOINT $10M SCS 

SHARE 1/4 OF 621B$10M 

RF 

SPACECRAFT 

LINK RF 

(OR OPTICAL) 

40 MIN/ORBIT 

SECURE 

ENCRYPTED 

TOTAL COST 

SHARE $10-15M 

OWN $30-40M 

AIRBORNE 

COMMAND 

POST 600 K 

2 MBPS - $11. 6M* 

20 MBPS - $23. 9M* 

60 MBPS - $26. 5M* 

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STATION 

WD&-ATITEA 

(3. 63M) FRAMELETS REC'D/IDAN 

P 

USER 

WDC 

AVAILABILITY: 3 YEARS 

TOTAL COST 

CHEAPEST(2 MBPS)$29. 6 

MOST EXPENSIVE $70. 1 

--- (ALL DEVEL COSTS) 

*INCLUDES EQUIP. SPECIAL FOR @ 20 MBPS -> 375 

SYSTEM USED AT GROUND STATION @ 60 MBPS > 1125 tecialdbORIA.N 
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ESTIMATED COST/CAPABILITY SUMMARY 

WIDEBAND DATA SYSTEMS 

• 10 - 15 M$ COST PREDICTED FOR SYSTEM CAPABILITY 

<1 FRAMEVER DAY (DIRECT SPACECRAFT TO GROUND) 

25 - 30 M$ COST PREDICTED FOR SYSTEM CAPABILITY 

RANGE FROM 10TO •.68.FRAMES*PER DAY (DIRECT S/C TO GND) 

• 25 - 45 M$ COST PREDICTED FOR SATELLITE RELAY SYSTEM • 

CAPABILITY' RANGE FROM 38 TO > 3., 100 FRAMES4PER DAY 

*FRAME SIZE 2"Xan 

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RECOMMENDATIONS 

O GUIDANCE REQUIRED TO SELECT MODES OF GREATEST 

INTEREST TO SPO AND "COMMUNITY" 

lb FURTHER SPOT STUDY REQUIRED TO NARROW RANGE 

OF OPTIONS AND SUBSTANTIATE AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT 

COST AND CAPABILITY. 

• UPON COMPLETION OF SPO/ STUDY, FUNDED INVESTIGATIONS 

OF SELECTED WIDE-BAND SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES IS REQUIRED.' 

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