Project Prosat
Abstract
A detailed description is given of the Prosat project, which is an experiment employing mobile terminals and three geostationary Marecs satellites in L- and C-band control and communication for land, sea, and especially air traffic in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The system envisioned comprises three operational modes: (1) ATC, or air traffic control; (2) COM, or communications; and (3) FIX, which permits isolated stations participating in the system to interface with the existing aeronautical telecommunications network. The longitudinal positions contemplated for the three geostationary satellites are: 52 deg W (Atlantic), 68 deg E (Indian Ocean), and 172 deg W (Pacific). Equipment requirements, performance capabilities and management schemes for the project are considered.
- Publication:
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Ingenieria Aeronautica y Astronautica
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981IA&A...33...23L
- Keywords:
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- Air Traffic Control;
- Communication Satellites;
- Project Planning;
- Satellite Networks;
- Space Programs;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Atlantic Ocean;
- C Band;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Indian Ocean;
- Pacific Ocean;
- Performance Prediction;
- Telecommunication;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles