Ku-band terminal design tradeoffs
Abstract
Ku-band RF terminals for satellite business systems are currently being manufactured and installed. Each terminal provides the up/down converters, low noise amplifier, and antenna subsystem required to access the SBS spacecraft now on-orbit. This paper describes the numerous tradeoff studies performed to arrive at the RF terminal design in production, and outlines installation procedures and progress.
- Publication:
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9th Communications Satellite Systems Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982coss.conf..535S
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Data Transmission;
- Earth Terminals;
- Microwave Transmission;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Systems Engineering;
- Antenna Design;
- Ground Stations;
- Low Noise;
- Microwave Amplifiers;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Tradeoffs;
- Transmission Efficiency;
- Communications and Radar