Some design concepts for Intelsat VII
Abstract
Cost-effective architectures for Intelsat VII spacecraft are described. These spacecraft yield a capacity of 228,000 channels in the Atlantic Operating Region primary mission by reusing the expanded Ku-band spectrum four times, using wideband beam-hopping transponders with twenty-six 0.7-deg spot beams. The spacecraft mass is 23 percent greater than that of Intelsat VI.
- Publication:
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6th International Conference on Digital Satellite Communications
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983dsc..confR....W
- Keywords:
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- Cost Effectiveness;
- Intelsat Satellites;
- Satellite Design;
- Transoceanic Communication;
- Channel Capacity;
- Costs;
- Ground Stations;
- Orbit Spectrum Utilization;
- Telephony;
- Time Division Multiple Access;
- Transponders;
- Communications and Radar