The TV-SAT/TDF DBS program
Abstract
TV-SAT and TDF are high power DBS satellites. The satellites shall constitute the operational 5-channel DBS Systems for Germany and France, based on the WARC 1977 regulations. This paper provides an overview of the intentions and the background of the Franco-German program; the scope of the program; its technical configuration with details of the communications payload and the platform. It discusses the mission objectives to provide DBS services to 350 million Europeans, and manifests the most recent launch schedule. The paper exhibits program cost information and, in particular, compares the cost of different means of TV transmissions (terrestrial, satellite, cable) for the German application. Information about the program's work distribution and the Eurosatellite group of companies complements the paper.
- Publication:
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Aerospace Century XXI: Space Sciences, Applications, and Commercial Developments
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987sacd.proc.1573A
- Keywords:
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- Direct Broadcast Satellites;
- European Space Programs;
- Satellite Television;
- Communication Equipment;
- Power Conditioning;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Satellite Configurations;
- Signal Reception;
- Solar Arrays;
- Space Commercialization;
- Communications and Radar