SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 
Figure 4-5. CTS transmitted at a high power level (200 watts), permitting the reception of color television with a simple, low-cost ground receiver.

 

Figure 4-5. CTS transmitted at a high power level (200 watts), permitting the reception of color television with a simple, low-cost ground receiver. In remote areas of the U.S. and Canada, the population density was not sufficient for the large receiving stations typical of those used for communications satellites in the 1970s. With CTS, community service organizations, health care agencies, educational institutions, and businesses in remote areas had access to television communications systems.

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