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Giant step for communication satellite technologyNASA's communications program, which is concerned with advanced communications technology, reflects the need for operational communications satellite capacity beyond the capabilities of current technology and the unwillingness of private industry in the U.S. to undertake making the required long-range, high-risk technology advances. It is pointed out that current satellites will not satisfy the forecasted demand for additional capacity in the 1990s and beyond. Current technology exists primarily up to 18 GHz. Designing a communications satellite at each of the three major uplink/downlink frequency bands (C, Ku, and Ka, 6/4 GHz, 14/11 GHz, and 30/20 GHz, respectively) presents different program management and technical problems. Increasing frequency or power can be done only by intensive sustained research. This is the rationale for NASA to pursue the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) program.
Document ID
19840046788
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lovell, R. R.
(NASA Communications Div. Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Aerospace America
Volume: 22
ISSN: 0740-722X
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
84A29575
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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