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The evolution of the geostationary platform conceptThe paper will review the conceptual development over the last decade of the use of very large spacecraft, i.e., 'platforms', in geostationary orbit. Geostationary platforms were originally conceived as an efficient means of increasing the capacity at a point in the geostationary orbital arc. Also, geostationary platforms have been suggested for mounting very large antennas as will be required for mobile communications, or high power sources as will be required for broadcast services to small terminals. More recently these 'large satellite' platforms were also envisioned as including earth observation and other science payloads. The advent of the Space Station, which can provide a staging base for platform assembly and test in space at low earth orbit prior to launch to geostationary earth orbit, will introduce a new dimension to practical platform design. This paper describes the evolution of concepts for geostationary platforms over the last decade based on both communications and science user scenarios developed worldwide.
Document ID
19870055880
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Edelson, Burton I.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Lovell, Robert R.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Cuccia, C. Louis
(NASA Office of Space Science and Applications Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Volume: SAC-5
ISSN: 0733-8716
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
87A43154
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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