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description = <b>Program: Experimental Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=green>Required</color></b><br><br>The development of artificial satellites opens the possibility of applying microwave radio relay technology to transoceanic links, using a “microwave repeater in the sky”. The objective for this experiment is to answer the critical questions, leaving until a later round of design the optimization of trade-offs and the development and construction of a commercial operating system. | ||
synopsis = Provide transpacific television for three months with 1% availability (~15 min per day). | ||
notes = Earth stations with cutting-edge antennas have been built in the Kashima prefecture (Japan), and at Point Mugu (California). It should be possible to establish a transpacific link with a very small satellite. | ||
notes = Earth stations with cutting-edge antennas have been built in the Kashima prefecture (Japan) and at Point Mugu (California). It should be possible to establish a transpacific link with a very small satellite. | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. There is an asymmetry in geographical terminology here that tickles my OCD. "Kashima prefecture" is a subdivision of Japan. Similarly, "California" is a subdivision of the USA. I'd prefer if we always used the name of the country in the parentheses, otherwise it looks a tad US-centric. For instance, I'd write "in the Kashima prefecture (Japan) and at Point Mugu, California (USA)". There are probably other instances in this file. |
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completedMessage = The experiment has successfully demonstrated the viability of a transpacific link via satellite, paving the way for a commercial operating system. | ||
rewardReputation = 45 | ||
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group = skopos_telecom_group | ||
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title = Moscow-Ulaanbaatar Television - Level 1 | ||
description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Mongolia is a close ally to the Soviet Union, but much like the eastern territories of the Soviet Union, it is sparsely populated and dominated by rugged terrain. Satellite telecommunication offers a way to easily provide TV to these remote areas. | ||
notes = A ground station has been built at Naran, just outside Ulaanbaatar; while it has a tracking dish, it is receive-only; television will be broadcast from Moscow. | ||
description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>Mongolia is a close ally to the Soviet Union, but, much like the eastern territories of the Soviet Union, it is sparsely populated and dominated by rugged terrain. Satellite telecommunication offers a way to easily provide TV to these remote areas. | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. I'd be tempted to remove the comma before "but" because it doesn't seem to connect independent clauses. |
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notes = An Earth station has been built at Naran, just outside Ulaanbaatar; while it has a tracking dish, it is receive-only; television will be broadcast from Moscow. | ||
synopsis = Provide television service to Ulaanbaatar with 95% availability (~23 h per day) over a 90 days period. | ||
// From CIA ER IM 68-69, p. 4. | ||
completedMessage = About half a million viewers throughout the Mongolia can now watch 40 hours per week of live colour television broadcasts from Moscow. | ||
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title = US Tracking Ships - Level 1 | ||
// Mostly pilfered from NASA SP-32 p. 740. | ||
description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>We would like to create "Ground stations at sea", ships equipped with unified S-band antennas to relay data from manned and unmanned scientific spacecraft. However, a ship at sea cannot have a landline connection to mission control, and existing HF radio systems are unreliable and low quality. Instead, these ships have had a satellite communications terminal installed, allowing them to relay data back to mission control via communications satellites. | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. "Ground stations at sea" is actually correct here, both because it is quoting something (which I should have referenced) and because the primary purpose of these ships was to function as tracking stations. There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Fixed |
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notes = The tracking ships USNS Vanguard, Redstone and Mercury have been positioned in the Atlantic and Pacific near the equator. If they are provided with a link to shore, they will be able to use their unified S-band systems to function as a ground station. Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you. | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Same here, this should probably say "tracking station" to indicate that it will in fact function as one, not purely as a communications station. |
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description = <b>Program: First Generation Telecommunications Satellites (Skopos Beta)<br>Type: <color=blue>Optional</color></b><br><br>We would like to create "Earth stations at sea", ships equipped with unified S-band antennas to relay data from crewed and uncrewed scientific spacecraft. However, a ship at sea cannot have a landline connection to mission control, and existing HF radio systems are unreliable and low quality. Instead, these ships have had a satellite communications terminal installed, allowing them to relay data back to mission control via communications satellites. | ||
notes = The tracking ships USNS Vanguard, Redstone, and Mercury have been positioned in the Atlantic and Pacific near the equator. If they are provided with a link to shore, they will be able to use their unified S-band systems to function as an Earth station. Whether you achieve this with a MEO or LEO constellation or a single GEO satellite is up to you. | ||
There was a problem hiding this comment. Choose a reason for hiding this commentThe reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. Oxford comma before "or a single"? |
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synopsis = Provide ship-to-shore communications for 90 days with 95% availability (~23 h per day). | ||
completedMessage = Telemetry can now be relayed from tracking ships to mission control. | ||
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Let’s stick to en-GB-oxendict orthography, which is what I have used throughout; this change misses many british spellings (of colour and other words) and makes the result less consistent.
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Okay, fixed