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96: 76: 358:"), which was necessarily constrained by their limited size. After receiving a charter in 1963 to build and demonstrate military space communications, Lincoln focused on a number of engineering solutions to the downlink problem including improved antennas, better stabilization of satellites in orbit (which would benefit both downlink and "uplink"—communications from the ground), high-efficiency systems of transmission modulation/de-modulation, and cutting-edge 369:(LES). Concurrent with their development, Lincoln also developed the Lincoln Experimental Terminals (LET), ground stations that used interference-resistant signaling techniques that allowed use of communications satellites by up to hundreds of users at a time, mobile or stationary, without involving elaborate systems for synchronization and centralized control. 425:
spinning at 3 revolutions per second. When the on-board rocket failed to separate from the satellite, this spin translated into a tumble. A few initial communications tests were conducted. The X-band repeater and antenna switching system functioned properly, but the tumbling rendered LES-1 otherwise useless.
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According to Williams, LES-1 was determined to be tumbling with a rotation rate of once every four seconds, as determined by distinctive fading of the signals. It is possible that, after 47 years, the batteries failed in a manner that allows them to carry charge directly through to the transmitter on
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rocket. Though the rocket performed as planned, delivering its satellite payload into a circular orbit, the solid-propellant motor on LES-1 failed to fire, apparently due to miswiring of the ordnance circuitry, stranding LES-1 in that orbit. Moreover, when LES-1 separated from its booster, it was
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transmitter, a multiple antenna system switched on by one of the satellite's four optical Earth sensors, and a magnetic coil attitude system. Eight semi-directional horn units evenly spaced around the satellite comprised the antenna system.
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The LES program continued through nine satellites, culminating in the launch of LES-8 and LES-9 on 14 March 1976. In 2020, another of the LES family, LES-5, achieved zombie status as its telemetry signal was acquired.
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The spacecraft was designed to last two years, during which it would be used for communications experiments conducted between stations in Westford, Massachusetts, and Pleasanton, California.
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The first, second, and fourth satellites in the LES series were designated "X-Band satellites," designed to conduct experiments in the "X-band", the military's
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Polyhedral in shape, the 5 ft (1.5 m) spacecraft drew power from 2,376 solar cells, operating only in daylight. LES-1's primary experiments were a
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in September 2017. The work combines composed and generative music with the live signal of the LES-1, and was undertaken in collaboration with musician
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in southwest England on 18 December 2012, verified by other members of Hearsat group, FlĂĄvio A. B. Archangelo (
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had reduced the solar array output on LES-1 significantly. The satellite ceased transmitting in 1967.
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in
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LES-1 began transmitting again after 45 years of silence, making it one of the oldest
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237 MHz, allowing the satellite to resume transmissions when it is in sunlight.
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These experimental solutions were deployed in a series of nine spacecraft called
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LES-1's transmissions were used as a central element in the artwork
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Beyond the Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication
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PY2ZX) in Brazil on 22 December 2012, and Matthias Bopp (
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11 February 1965, at 15:19:05 UT on a test flight of the
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NASA COMPENDIUM OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS
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The Lincoln Experimental Satellite (LES) series was
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59 years, 7 months, 9 days (elapsed)
103: 83: 62: 52: 42: 633: 619:. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Spaceflight Center. 1973. 486:As of 20 February 2024, LES-1 is still in orbit. 33:Image of Lincoln Experimental Satellite (LES) 1 1832:Communications satellites of the United States 693:. Southgate Amateur Radio News. Archived from 444:. Its signals were detected by Phil Williams ( 1805:. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in 861: 628: 626: 513:. NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive 428:By September 1965, long-term exposure to the 8: 606: 604: 602: 21: 684: 682: 868: 854: 846: 94: 74: 20: 580:. Washington D.C.: NASA History Office. 566: 564: 562: 560: 558: 556: 761:"LES-1 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite" 505: 503: 499: 460:DD1US) in Germany on 27 December 2012. 412:LES-1 launched aboard Titan IIIA No. 3. 532: 530: 528: 7: 689:Williams, Phil (February 26, 2013). 662:"Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1965" 376:(super high frequency) band (7 to 8 330:(super high frequency) band (7 to 8 804:Ferree, Joel (September 19, 2017). 640:Aviation Week and Space Technology 14: 16:American communications satellite 477:Los Angeles County Museum of Art 308:Lincoln Experimental Satellite 1 27: 828:"LES 1 - Satellite Information" 571:Andrew J. Butrica, ed. (1997). 367:Lincoln Experimental Satellites 1837:Lincoln Experimental Satellite 320:Lincoln Experimental Satellite 86: 1: 475:, which was presented at the 473:Kata KovĂĄcs and Tom O'Doherty 250:2,803 km (1,742 mi) 240:2,780 km (1,730 mi) 808:. LACMA Art + Technology Lab 1827:Spacecraft launched in 1965 318:, the first of nine in the 1853: 785:. 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Index


Communications satellite
USAF
COSPAR ID
1965-008C
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SATCAT no.
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Lincoln Laboratory
Titan IIIA
Cape Canaveral LC20
Geocentric
Low Earth
Eccentricity
Perigee altitude
Apogee altitude
Inclination
Period
Epoch
LES
LES-2
communications satellite
Lincoln Experimental Satellite
United States Air Force
SHF
GHz
zombie satellites
MIT's Lincoln Laboratory
Project West Ford
downlink

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