DocumentCode :
2282596
Title :
The development of low-earth-orbit store-and-forward satellites in the Amateur Radio Service
Author :
Diersing, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Inf. Syst., Texas A&I Univ., Kingsville, TX, USA
fYear :
1993
fDate :
23-26 Mar 1993
Firstpage :
378
Lastpage :
386
Abstract :
The author discusses several satellites whose primary mission is to provide store-and-forward message relay services for radio amateurs. The primary focus is on the PACSAT-1 satellite owned and operated by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation of North America (AMSAT-NA), and the UoSAT-3 and UoSAT-5 satellites constructed and operated by the University of Surrey (England) UoSAT Spacecraft Engineering Research Unit. This paper emphasizes three major areas: a description of the spacecraft; the ground station equipment and software required to utilize the services provided by the satellites; and statistics which describe current usage patterns. A breakdown of downlink usage by data type is given for PACSAT-1. To show how the PACSAT-1 and UoSAT-5 satellites are utilized on a day-to-day basis, graphical summaries of two weeks of PACSAT-1 and UoSAT-5 operation are included
Keywords :
artificial satellites; radiocommunication; satellite communication; AMSAT-NA; Amateur Radio Service; PACSAT-1; PACSAT-1 satellite; UoSAT-3; UoSAT-5 satellites; data type; graphical summaries; ground station equipment; low-earth-orbit store-and-forward satellites; software; spacecraft; store-and-forward message relay services; Aerospace engineering; Downlink; Electric breakdown; Low earth orbit satellites; North America; Relays; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Space vehicles; Statistics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1993., Twelfth Annual International Phoenix Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0922-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PCCC.1993.344505
Filename :
344505
Link To Document :
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