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Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS)The NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) provides high risk technologies having the potential to dramatically enhance the capabilities of the satellite communications industry. This experimental satellite, which will be launched by NASA in 1993, will furnish the technology necessary for providing a range of services. Utilizing the ACTS very-high-gain-hopping spot-beam antennas with on-board routing and processing, Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) digital networks which provide on-demand, full-mesh-convectivity 1.544-MBPS services with only a single hop can be established. The high-gain spot-beam antenna at Ka-band permits wide area, flexible networks providing high data rate services between modest-size earth terminals.
Document ID
19920035156
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Plecity, Mark S.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Nall, Mark E.
(NASA Office of Commercial Programs Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: Princeton/AIAA/SSI Conference
Location: Princeton, NJ
Country: United States
Start Date: May 15, 1991
End Date: May 18, 1991
Accession Number
92A17780
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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