Leased military space communication systems
Abstract
The Navy Leasat leased communication satellite system is briefly described. Key features of the system, spacecraft, TT&C system, and contract are presented. Some essential characteristics of a military communication satellite system are identified and the constraints on achieving them in leased systems of the future are explored.
- Publication:
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In: Space - The best is yet to come; Proceedings of the Sixteenth Space Congress
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979sbyc.proc....2W
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Frequency Assignment;
- Military Spacecraft;
- Multiple Access;
- Satellite Networks;
- Command And Control;
- Contracts;
- Government/Industry Relations;
- Marisat Satellites;
- Navy;
- Satellite Tracking;
- Telemetry;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Communications and Radar