Multi-cells satellite for the communications of year 2000
Abstract
An efficient, large communications satellite concept for the year 2000 is presented. Attention is given to the payload description, satellite assembly process, and transfer into geostationary orbit. Also discussed are the major characteristics of a typical multi-cells satellite including typical mission, system and satellite main characteristics, and assembly and launching. It is concluded that the total traffic of 100 Gb/s represents the equivalent of 3,125,000 telephony channels (32 kb/s delta modulation), 100 or 150 times more than the traffic of the largest satellite launched in the next 2 or 3 years.
- Publication:
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Munich International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979muni.iafcU....G
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Arrays;
- Communication Satellites;
- Large Space Structures;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Space Erectable Structures;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Orbital Assembly;
- Satellite Design;
- Spacecraft Modules;
- Time Division Multiple Access;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles