Volume I provides in summary form, a description of the design and operational features of the experimental Maritime Satellite Communication and Navigation (MARSCAN) System. The MARSCAN system consists of (1) a Maritime Coordination Center (MCC) located at the National Maritime Research Center (NMRC), Kings Point, New York, (2) Earth stations for communicating with the two satellites used in the system, (3) the NASA ATS-5 and ATS-3 synchronous equatorial satellites providing C-band transponders for relaying RF signals, (4) the ship terminals located on U.S. merchant ships plying the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and (5) user terminals linked with the MCC through data phone land lines. This system provided the means for conducting communication and navigation experiments in an operational environment. This volume also summarizes the results of engineering and user-oriented experiments performed during the program.
Maritime Satellite Navigation/Communication Program. Volume I. Executive Summary
1973
49 pages
Report
No indication
English
Navigation Systems , Common Carrier & Satellite , Radio navigation , Radio relay systems , Communication satellites , Navigation satellites , Synchronous satellites , Merchant ships , Transponders , C band , Radio equipment , Maritime communication systems , Maritime navigation systems , ATS-5 satellite , ATS-3 satellite , Maritime satellite communication and navigation , MARSCAN(Maritime Satellite Communication and Navigation)
Maritime satellite communication and navigation
British Library Online Contents | 1992
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NTIS | 1992
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