A high temperature superconductivity communications flight experiment
Abstract
The proposed high temperature superconductivity (HTSC) millimeter-wave communications flight experiment from the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter to the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) in geosynchronous orbit is described. The experiment will use a Ka-band HTSC phased array antenna and front-end electronics to receive a downlink communications signal from the ACTS. The discussion covers the system configuration, a description of the ground equipment, the spacecraft receiver, link performance, thermal loading, and the superconducting antenna array.
- Publication:
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Washington, DC International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992wadc.iafcT....N
- Keywords:
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- Acts;
- Antenna Arrays;
- High Temperature Superconductors;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Satellite Communication;
- Space Shuttle Orbiters;
- Breadboard Models;
- Electromagnetic Interference;
- Microstrip Antennas;
- Phased Arrays;
- Radio Receivers;
- Structural Stability;
- Thermal Vacuum Tests;
- Vibration Tests;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking