The U.S. 'bent pipe' satellites will be joined in 1989 by the NASA ACTS satellite. The present paper provides a status report on the ACTS satellite program. The ACTS satellite and the mobile satellite systems will conduct flight tests with respect to onboard switching for both wide band and narrow band communications. The ACTS program, with the laser link, and the mobile satellite programs with the large antennas will contribute to the test of four new technologies. Attention is given to the ACTS communication systems, the ACTS spacecraft characteristics, the ACTS modes of operation, RF technologies, interconnectivity technologies, and large antenna technologies.
NASA's communications programs for interconnectivity
1985-01-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
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