Title :
The Teledesic satellite system
Author_Institution :
Teledisc Corp., USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Telesystems Conference, 1994. Conference Proceedings., 1994 IEEE National
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1869-2
DOI :
10.1109/NTC.1994.316677
