DocumentCode
2005188
Title
The Teledesic satellite system
Author
Sturza, Mark A.
Author_Institution
Teledisc Corp., USA
fYear
1994
fDate
26-28 May 1994
Firstpage
123
Lastpage
126
Abstract
There is a significant worldwide demand for broadband communications capacity. Teledesic plans to meet this demand using a constellation of 924 low-Earth orbit (LEG) satellites operating in Ka-band (30/20 GHz). The Teledesic constellation incorporates over 100000 active-element phased-array antennas. Subscriber terminals will account for an additional 20 million antennas. The Teledesic network will be one of the major consumers of Ka-band GaAs MMICs in the late 1990´s. Economies of scale will result in a low per subscriber cost
Keywords
Artificial satellites; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadband communication; Cryptography; Downlink; Low earth orbit satellites; Packet switching; Propulsion; Rain; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Telesystems Conference, 1994. Conference Proceedings., 1994 IEEE National
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1869-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NTC.1994.316677
Filename
316677
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