This report is organized in four volumes with the Executive Summary comprising Volume I. The sequence in Volume II begins with a discussion of the study organization and approach. This is followed by the section on propagation which introduces important background material affecting choices of operating frequency, control approach and power level. The remainder of Volume II is concerned with the orbital portions of MPTS, beginning with the section on dc-rf conversion. This provides the background for a discussion of the power interface. The transmitting antenna and phase front control sections, and appropriate appendices complete Volume II. Volume III is devoted entirely to mechanical systems and flight operations. This is the final report of Grumman Aerospace Corporation for preliminary analysis and conceptual design tasks. It was submitted at the end of the latter phase, and it contains material, particularly in preliminary analysis, that later was modified as a result of subsequent system analysis and evaluation by Raytheon. This aspect is noted in the preface to Volume III. Volume IV begins with the ground portion of the MPTS, the receiving antenna, and proceeds through sections relating to system aspects -- frequency interference, system analysis, risk assessment, critical technology and test programs -- which evaluate and draw conclusions from the subsystem material presented earlier.
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