SPS Effects on Optical and Radio Astronomy

EFFECTS OF THE SATELLITE POWER SYSTEM ON GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES - P. B. Boyce............................................. 39 INFRARED ASTRONOMY - D. A. Harper................................... 45 POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF THE SPS ON THE SPACE TELESCOPE - E. J. Groth . 47 REPORT OF THE OPTICAL ASTRONOMY WORKING GROUP .................... 51 THE NATURE OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS ......................... 54 THE ORIGIN OF SPS EFFECTS ON OPTICAL ASTRONOMY .... 64 IMPACT THRESHOLDS OF THE SPS ON OPTICAL ASTRONOMY .... 69 EFFECTS ON OPTICAL ASTRONOMY ................................... 75 RECOMMENDATIONS AND REMEDIES ................................... 77 REPORT ON SPS EFFECTS ON AERONOMY........................................ 81 INTRODUCTION .................................................. 83 EFFECTS ON AERONOMY OBSERVATIONS - K. Clark .................... 85 INVITED PRESENTATIONS ON SPS EFFECTS ON RADIO ASTRONOMY ... 95 MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - G. D. Arndt .... 97 SPS NOISE AND HARMONICS - R. M. Dickinson........................ 103 SPS-GENERATED FIELD STRENGTHS AT 2.45 GHz TYPICAL EFFECTS - W. Grant ............ 119 INTERFERENCE EFFECTS ON RADIO ASTRONOMY EQUIPMENT - W. C. Erickson 123 POSSIBLE OVERLOAD AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE OF A RADIO ASTRONOMY RECEIVER CAUSED BY THE SPS - H. Hvatum....................................... 127 POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OUT-OF-BAND RADIATION FROM THE SATELLITE POWER SYSTEM AT ARECIBO OBSERVATORY - M. M. Davis........................ 131 THE EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED SATELLITE POWER SYSTEM ON THE VLA - A. R. Thompson ........... 135 SATELLITE POWER SYSTEM EFFECTS ON VLBI - B. F. Burke ... 143 CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE SPS - N. de Groot ........... 147

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