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Platform transmitter terminal (PTT) for use with an ARGOS type satellite system and utilizing a solar array/rechargeable battery power source

  • US 4,731,870 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1984
  • Issued: 03/15/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable transmitter for transmitting information to an earth satellite, comprising:

  • a rechargeable battery;

    a solar array operably connected to said battery for charging said rechargeable battery;

    a transmitter means for sending information to a satellite; and

    ,a load control means operably connected to said rechargeable battery and said transmitter means, for operably actuating said transmitter means when the voltage level of said rechargeable battery reaches a first threshold level and for deactivating said transmitter means when the voltage level of said rechargeable battery subsequently falls to a second lower threshold level, wherein said load control means further includes a controller means, for sequentially applying power to components of said transmitter means during each transmission cycle that said transmitter means is actuated.

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