Simulation of an aircraft flying through a ground station to satellite link
Abstract
The effect of an aircraft which flies through a ground station-to-satellite link is determined. There are two aspects to the work reported here: (1) an aperture blockage theoretical solution developed by Rudduck and Lee was used to calculate the effect of a large aircraft (C5) for various satellite ground station antenna diameters, and (2) the compact range facility at the Ohio State University was used to measure various targets, including a 737 aircraft, and to validate the theoretical solution in item 1.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- February 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986STIN...8626487R
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Apertures;
- Blocking;
- Commercial Aircraft;
- Communication Satellites;
- Flight Simulation;
- Ground Stations;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Boeing 737 Aircraft;
- C-5 Aircraft;
- Downlinking;
- Uplinking;
- Communications and Radar