Introduction to the Personal Access Satellite System study
Abstract
A recent study by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has concluded that the 21st century will be the age of information in which the telecommunication infrastructure will be vital to the social and economic well being of society. To meet the challenge of the coming age, JPL has been performing studies on a personal access satellite system (PASS) for the 21st century. The PASS study can be traced back to a study in which the technical feasibility and potential applications of a high frequency, low data rate satellite system were identified using small fixed terminals. Herein, the PASS concept is described along with the strawman design. Then the key challenges are identified along with possible solutions. Finally, the plan for the future is summarized from the key results.
- Publication:
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In its Personal Access Satellite System (PASS) Study. Fiscal Year 1989 Results 48 p (SEE N92-10116 01-32
- Pub Date:
- September 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990pass.nasa.....S
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Information Management;
- Multiple Access;
- Satellite Networks;
- Spread Spectrum Transmission;
- Access Control;
- Data Links;
- Economics;
- Geosynchronous Orbits;
- High Frequencies;
- Power Conditioning;
- Technology Assessment;
- Communications and Radar