Title :
Communication Satellite Payloads: A Review of Past, Present and Future ESA Developments
Abstract :
The successful launch of OTS in 1978 has demonstrated in orbit the capability of European Industry to produce a number of microwave "firsts" in the 14/11 GHz band. Some of these "firsts" e.g. parametric amplifier, downconverter and TWTA\´s are or will be reused in other satellites. Such equipment was the outcome of a preparatory programme started in the early \´70 and intended to foster development of space hardware for the Ku band.
Conference_Titel :
Microwave symposium Digest, 1980 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1980.1124227
