Summary information on the final communication system design, communication payload, space vehicle, and development plan for the 30/20 GHz flight experiment will be installed on the LEASAT spacecraft which will be placed into orbit from the space shuttle cargo bay. The communication concept has two parts: a truck service and a customer premise service (CPS). The trucking system serves four spot beams which are interconnected in a satellite switched time division multiple access mode by an IF switch matrix. The CPS covers two large areas of the eastern United States with a pair of scanning beams.
The 30/20 Ghz Flight Experiment System, Phase 2. Volume 1: Executive Summary
1981
122 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Common Carrier & Satellite , Communication satellites , Microwave transmission , Space shuttle payloads , Spacecraft communication , Antenna design , Microwave switching , Satellite attitude control , Space shuttles , Spacecraft antennas , Spacecraft configurations , Spacecraft launching , Spacecraft reliability , Spacetennas , Time division multiple access