A new wave of communication satellites
Abstract
Satellites provide at present telephone, television, data, and business services on a national, regional, and international scale, and the geostationary arc has become crowded at C-band (6/4 GHz) and Ku-band (14/11 GHz) frequencies. The evolution and the present state of satellite communications are discussed along with details regarding the development of direct broadcast satellites, the position of Canada with respect to satellite communications, Japanese developments, ESA and Eutelsat, aspects of collaboration between France and Germany regarding communications satellites, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic countries.
- Publication:
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Aerospace America
- Pub Date:
- March 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984AeAm...22...42L
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Technology Assessment;
- Anik Satellites;
- Broadcasting;
- Canadian Spacecraft;
- European Space Programs;
- Intelsat Satellites;
- International Cooperation;
- Japanese Spacecraft;
- L-Sat;
- Scandinavia;
- Communications and Radar