Download or read book The Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (Acts) Capabilities for Serving Science written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of research on potential science applications of the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) are presented. Discussed here are: (1) general research on communications related issues; (2) a survey of science-related activities and programs in the local area; (3) interviews of selected scientists and associated telecommunications support personnel whose projects have communications requirements; (4) analysis of linkages between ACTS functionality and science user communications activities and modes of operation; and (5) an analysis of survey results and the projection of conclusions to a national scale. Meyer, Thomas R. Unspecified Center ACTS; RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL DISKS; SCIENTISTS; SURVEYS...