SECTION 13 CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AND GROUND TEST PROGRAM The purpose of a critical technology and ground test program is to provide design confidence for orbital tests (described in the next section). The objectives are of course constrained by an atmospheric environment for the transmitting array. 13. 1 GENERAL OBJECTIVES Primary objectives for the Ground Test Program are designed to provide substantive data relating to three fundamental issues for MPTS: technical feasibility, safety, and radio frequency interference. Primary and secondary objectives are: Primary a. Adaptive and commanded phase front control accuracy (Feasibility Issue) b. System control performance for start up, shut down, transients, failure mode protection and recovery (Safety Issue) c. Amplitude and spectra of random noise and harmonic output of transmitting array and rectenna (RFI Issue) Secondary a. Transmitting array integration b. Power source interface c. Rectenna array integration d. Power load interface e. Rectenna environmental protection f. Component producibility g. Large sample subsystem and component efficiency and performance data
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