SPS Effects on Optical and Radio Astronomy

REPORT OF THE RADIO ASTROMONY WORKING GROUP ......................... 153 SUMMARY STATEMENT ............................................. 155 ACTUAL PROPERTIES OF THE MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM . 158 ASSIGNMENT OF SPS HARMONIC FREQUENCIES ......................... 159 TIME-VARIABILITY OF SPS OFF-AXIS RADIATION AND INTRINSIC MULTIPLE SATELLITE EFFECTS ............................................. 159 THE "RUSTY BOLT EFFECT"............................................ 160 INTERFERENCE REJECTION PROPERTIES PECULIAR TO SYNTHESIS ARRAYS (AS THE VLA)...................................................... 161 SITING CONSIDERATIONS ........................................ 162 ON MOVING RADIO ASTROMONY TO THE LUNAR FAR SIDE . . . . 164 APPENDIX A - CCIR REPORTS ON RADIO ASTRONOMY (Reports 223-4 and 224-4)................................................................ A.l APPENDIX B - CCIR REPORTS ON DEEP-SPACE RESEARCH (Reports 365-3 and 685)..................................................................... B.l APPENDIX C - EFFECT OF SOLAR POWER SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS ON RADIO ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH ............................................. C.l APPENDIX D - NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON SPS EFFECTS . . D.l APPENDIX E - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE MICROWAVE BEAM FROM A SOLAR POWER SATELLITE ............................................. E.l ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................. 255

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