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.


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    Title :

    Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS): Five New Technologies


    Contributors:
    F. Gargione (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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