The INTELSAT propagation measurements programme
Abstract
Results are presented of a propagation measurements program for the INTELSAT system that is designed to investigate the potential system impairments caused by the introduction of new bands, or of a new type of transit transmission plan. The measurement program has generally followed the planning requirements of the INTELSAT system, concentrating first on the 6/4 GHz (mono-polarized) band and upwards to the 14/11 GHz band. Attention is focused on ionospheric and tropospheric scintillation investigations, and the measurement program designed to investigate 6/4 rain depolarization is examined. Also discussed are the experiments being conducted concerning 11 GHz attenuation and depolarization.
- Publication:
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2nd International Conference on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981icap.conf...46A
- Keywords:
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- Intelsat Satellites;
- Ionospheric Propagation;
- Propagation Modes;
- Satellite Sounding;
- Depolarization;
- Microwave Attenuation;
- Rain;
- Scintillation;
- Troposphere;
- Communications and Radar