The Italsat system, after four years of development has reached is final phase. The satellite was launched at the beginning of 1991, the first traffic stations being installed at the end of the Summer of 1991. Considering that this is the first time that a regenerative payload will be used on a communications satellite, a long test campaign was carried out on the ground to integrate the different components of the network, using the satellite EM payload and three traffic stations, with one of them hosting the control center. This activity was very helpful in calibrating some parameters of the regenerative payload. The test environment and philosophy are described and the major results obtained are analyzed. All is seen as the first step to integrate a network of 64 stations in the Italian domestic telephone network.


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    Title :

    Italsat Network: A First Analysis of the Experimental Results


    Contributors:
    G. Soccodato (author) / A. Saitto (author) / M. Melani (author) / M. Maritti (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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