DocumentCode
152440
Title
Earth-space propagation above 10 GHz
Author
Stutzman, Warren L.
Author_Institution
Virginia Tech Antenna Group, Blacksburg, VA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
6-11 July 2014
Firstpage
279
Lastpage
279
Abstract
Summary form only given. Commercial satellite communications began in 1965 with the launch of Intelsat I (Early Bird), which was a geostationary satellite operating at 4 and 6 GHz. C-band satellite communications (satcom) continues today. As higher frequency bands were explored to expand capacity, problems were encountered with weather effects on the earth-space links, mainly rain attenuation. Many years of research was required to understand the influence of weather on signals above 10 GHz and to develop techniques to mitigate the effects. X-band, Ku-band, and Ka-band satcom links are in wide use today.
Keywords
artificial satellites; atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation; satellite links; C-band satellite communication; Early Bird; Intelsat I; Ka-band SatCom link; Ku-band SatCom link; X-band SatCom link; earth-space propagation link; frequency 4 GHz; frequency 6 GHz; geostationary satellite communication; weather effect; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Earth; Meteorology; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Satellites;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), 2014 USNC-URSI
Conference_Location
Memphis, TN
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/USNC-URSI.2014.6955662
Filename
6955662
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