The topics are presented in viewgraph form and include the following: ACTS program objectives; an overview of ACTS flight segment; an overview of ACTS ground segment; spacecraft configuration; ACTS spacecraft characteristics; ACTS new technologies; ACTS multibeam communication system block diagram; ACTS multibeam antenna characteristics; ACTS multibeam antenna coverage; electronically hopping beams; on-board switching; baseband processor mode; microwave switch matrix mode; Ka-band transponder characteristics; rain fade compensation; propagation beacons; ACTS spacecraft status; ACTS experimenter terminal categories; and ACTS system operations.
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS): Five New Technologies
1992
20 pages
Report
No indication
English
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