Orbital antenna farms
Abstract
It is predicted that in the 1990s there will be a small number of very large platforms in geostationary orbit furnishing multiple communications and mission support functions. Such a platform would be an Orbiting Antenna Farm (OAF) serving many missions with common functional support systems. An OAS could furnish intercontinental trunking, regional and domestic trunking, business networks, maritime services, TV broadcast, intersatellite communication, and meteorological missions. Projected requirements, frequencies, and power levels for a single platform to service these missions are given. An OAF may be serviced in space, and missions may be modified or added.
- Publication:
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Astronautics Aeronautics
- Pub Date:
- September 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977AsAer..15...20E
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Geosynchronous Orbits;
- Large Space Structures;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite Networks;
- Space Stations;
- Antenna Design;
- Meteorological Satellites;
- Space Missions;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles