Title :
Land mobile communications from nongeostationary orbits (review of Archimedes ESA study)
Author_Institution :
Aerospatiale Cannes, France
Abstract :
The work performed during the Archimedes ESA study included the following: mission, orbits and launch strategies analyses; telecommunication system definition; satellite payload and platform design; ground segment investigations (user terminal, fixed earth stations, mission control station); and economic viability. The main results of these different analyses are reviewed
Keywords :
mobile radio systems; satellite relay systems; Archimedes ESA study; economic viability; fixed earth stations; ground segment; land mobile communications; launch strategies analyses; mission; mission control station; nongeostationary orbits; platform design; review; satellite payload design; telecommunication system definition; user terminal;
Conference_Titel :
Highly Elliptical Orbit Satellite Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
