The European Space Agency Large Telecommunications Satellite (L-SAT) programme has been conceived against a background of a predicted rapid growth in satellite communications and a trend towards larger and more powerful satellite designs. The programme objectives are described and the paper explains how these are being interpreted in practice. The results of a number of design tradeoffs undertaken in the satellite definition phase are given together with an outline description of the selected multipurpose platform subsystem design and of the four communications payloads of the first L-SAT model. The paper concludes with details of the satellite development planning leading to a launch in 1986.


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    Title :

    Design and development of the European large telecommunication satellite (L-Sat)


    Additional title:

    Entwurf und Entwicklung des grossen europaeischen Fernmeldesatelliten (L-SAT)


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 14 Bilder


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English