MSAT design
Abstract
The design of the communication satellite MSAT which is the central component of a land mobile satellite service (LMSS) system is reviewed. The following topics are discussed: UHF antenna geometry, overlapping cluster feed conept, UHF feed array, cluster feed RF pattern, frequency reuse plan, beam isolation performance, beam forming network, LMSS link budget, UHF feed thermal hardware, UHF antenna structure, MSAT deployed configuration, MSAT attitude control and MSAT stowage.
- Publication:
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In its Land Mobile Satellite Serv. (LMSS): A Conceptual System Design and Identification of the Critical Technol. p 30-67 (SEE N82-28325 19-17
- Pub Date:
- February 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982lmss.rept...30.
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Land Mobile Satellite Service;
- Msat;
- Stationary Orbits;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Wave Propagation;
- Communication Satellites;
- Ground Stations;
- Radio Communication;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking