Title :
Low Earth-orbit store-and-forward satellites in the amateur radio service
Author :
Diersing, Robert J. ; Jones, Greg
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Inf. Syst., Texas A&I Univ., Kingsville, TX, USA
Abstract :
Several aspects of the most recently launched low-earth-orbit (LEO) store-and-forward satellites operating in the amateur satellite service are described. Included are a description of the satellites and their most interesting implementation details, with particular emphasis on the communications system; a description of the file server and broadcast protocol; a description of operation from the user´s viewpoint; and some statistics characterizing operations.<>
Keywords :
file servers; protocols; satellite relay systems; telecommunications computing; PACSAT-1; UoSAT-3; UoSAT-5; amateur radio service; broadcast protocol; error rates; file server; ground station; low earth orbit satellite; statistics; store-and-forward satellites; Aerospace engineering; Artificial satellites; File servers; Ham radios; Low earth orbit satellites; Protocols; Radio broadcasting; Satellite broadcasting; Space vehicles; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
