Intelsat VI - A continuing evolution
Abstract
Design, launch, and performance features of the Intelsat VI satellite scheduled for 1986 launch are described. The spacecraft will operated with SS/TDMA techniques and six antenna beams, weigh 23 kg at the beginning of life, carry 80,000 half-circuits, and will be borne aloft by either the STS or Ariane 4. The communications equipment will include Cand K-band receivers, 14/11 GHz upconverters, traveling wave tube amplifiers, and 50 input and output filters. Total interconnectivity will be present for all uplinks and downlinks, which will issue spot and shaped beam coverage of the hemisphere. Satellite power is to be supplied by solar panels furnishing 2 kW continuously and eclipse power is to be drawn from two 44 Ah NiH batteries. Orbit maintenance and attitude control are assigned to six 22 N thrusters.
- Publication:
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IEEE Proceedings
- Pub Date:
- November 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984IEEEP..72.1457B
- Keywords:
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- Evolution (Development);
- Intelsat Satellites;
- Network Control;
- Satellite Design;
- Satellite Networks;
- Time Division Multiple Access;
- Frequency Reuse;
- Ground Stations;
- Microwave Equipment;
- Onboard Equipment;
- Solar Arrays;
- Switching Circuits;
- Technology Assessment;
- Communications and Radar