Start of domestic satellite communications service using 'SUPERBIRD'
Abstract
The performance of the Japanese private-company-owned communications satellite SUPERBIRD, launched in 1989, is discussed. Emphasis is placed on the major initial services, including a satellite news gathering system for broadcasting companies and CATV program distribution services.
- Publication:
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Space Utilization and Applications in the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990suap.proc...99U
- Keywords:
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- Japanese Spacecraft;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite Communication;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Cable Television;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Transponders;
- Communications and Radar