• DocumentCode
    1060963
  • Title

    Reliability of Commercial Communications Satellite Systems

  • Author

    Feigenbaum, Irwin A.

  • Author_Institution
    COMSAT Labs., Clarksburg, MD
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    10/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1034
  • Lastpage
    1038
  • Abstract
    Over the past 20 years, commercial communications satellite systems have developed into effective and reliable global, regional, maritime, and domestic communications services. These systems provide telephone, telegraph, television, data, and facsimile transmission and reception. This paper reviews the history and status of today´s commercial communications satellite systems and discusses the design and reliability considerations applicable to their key elements, satellites and ground stations.
  • Keywords
    Communication system reliability; Satellite communications; Artificial satellites; Australia; Bandwidth; Circuits; Frequency; Power system reliability; Satellite broadcasting; Structural beams; Telecommunications; Transponders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSAC.1986.1146444
  • Filename
    1146444