System design of a Q-band satellite beacon for propagation experiments over Indian region

Author

Gangele, Ujjwal ; Buch, Saket D. ; Bera, Satish Chandra ; Sarkar, Santonu ; Das, Debesh K.

Author_Institution

Space Applic. Centre, Indian Space Res. Organ., Ahmedabad, India

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents the system dimensioning of a Q-band downlink satellite beacon providing coverage over the Indian region. The paper addresses the tradeoff analysis associated in the design process to meet the conflicting requirements of optimization of payload mass/power, beacon availability and user terminal size. The design is optimized to facilitate the collection of propagation data over diverse geographical regions using small ground terminals (~1m) with an average availability about 99.5%.

Keywords

satellite communication; Indian region; Q-band downlink satellite beacon; beacon availability; communication satellites; design process; diverse geographical regions; payload mass-power optimization; propagation data collection; propagation experiments; system design; tradeoff analysis; user terminal size; Attenuation; Availability; Radio frequency; Receivers; Satellite communication; Satellites; Transmitters; FMT; Millimeter wave; Q/V Band; beacon; rain fade; satellite communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and RF Conference, 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMaRC.2013.6777719

Filename

6777719