NATO IV satellite options. - .
Spacecraft Bus: ECS-Bus.
Spacecraft: NATO 4A, 4B.
NATO personnel visited the U.S. to gather data relating to a NATO IV satellite communications system. In September, a NATO study team started to formulate options for the system..
1979 May - .
RAE to manage acquisition of the NATO IV spacecraft. - .
Spacecraft Bus: ECS-Bus.
Spacecraft: NATO 4A, 4B.
NATO's Infrastructure Committee held a series of meetings to decide who would manage acquisition of the NATO IV spacecraft. The committee passed up SAMSO and opted for the United Kingdom's RAE..