Commercial applications of the ACTS mobile terminal millimeter-wave antennas
Abstract
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is currently developing the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Mobile Terminal (AMT), which will provide voice, data, and video communications to and from a vehicle (van, truck, or car) via NASA's geostationary ACTS satellite using the K- and K(sub a)-band frequency bands. The AMT is already planned to demonstrate a variety of communications from within the mobile vehicular environment, and within this paper a summary of foreseen commercial application opportunities is given. A critical component of the AMT is its antenna system, which must establish and maintain the basic RF link with the satellite. Two versions of the antenna are under development, each incorporating different technologies and offering different commercial applications.
- Publication:
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Technology 2001: The Second National Technology Transfer Conference and Exposition, Volume 1
- Pub Date:
- December 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991tetr....1...67D
- Keywords:
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- Acts;
- Antenna Design;
- Data Transmission;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Synchronous Platforms;
- Video Communication;
- Communication Networks;
- Geosynchronous Orbits;
- Radio Frequencies;
- Trucks;
- Communications and Radar