DocumentCode
281990
Title
Land mobile communications from nongeostationary orbits (review of Archimedes ESA study)
Author
Giovagnoli, F.
Author_Institution
Aerospatiale Cannes, France
fYear
1989
fDate
32652
Firstpage
42430
Lastpage
42435
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Highly Elliptical Orbit Satellite Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
198504
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