The 30/20 GHz flight experiment system, phase 2. Volume 1: Executive summary
Abstract
Summary information on the final communication system design, communication payload, space vehicle, and development plan for the 30/20 GHz flight experiment will be installed on the LEASAT spacecraft which will be placed into orbit from the space shuttle cargo bay. The communication concept has two parts: a truck service and a customer premise service (CPS). The trucking system serves four spot beams which are interconnected in a satellite switched time division multiple access mode by an IF switch matrix. The CPS covers two large areas of the eastern United States with a pair of scanning beams.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981hair.reptQ....B
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Microwave Transmission;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Antenna Design;
- Microwave Switching;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Space Shuttles;
- Spacecraft Antennas;
- Spacecraft Configurations;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Spacecraft Reliability;
- Spacetennas;
- Time Division Multiple Access;
- Communications and Radar