Engineering for UK DBS
Abstract
The Independent Broadcasting Authority's contract to introduce DBS to the U.K. in 1989 is discussed. The contract and spacecraft specifications are described, and the applications for the contract and the resulting negotiations are reviewed. The present status regarding the launcher, radio regulations, the coding system, conditional access, and ground stations is examined.
- Publication:
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12th AIAA International Communication Satellite Systems Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988icss.conf..274S
- Keywords:
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- Direct Broadcast Satellites;
- Satellite Television;
- Uk Satellites;
- Government/Industry Relations;
- Ground Stations;
- Space Commercialization;
- Standards;
- Communications and Radar