• DocumentCode
    1352922
  • Title

    Switching in space

  • Author

    Pollack, Louis

  • Author_Institution
    Comsat Laboratories
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    Dynamic connection of beams on board a satellite raises the prospect of ¿central offices¿ in the sky that could route signals to their destinations on earth via separate spacecraft antenna beams. On-board switching would eliminate almost all of the terrestrial transmission and switching now needed.
  • Keywords
    Earth; Marine vehicles; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Switches; Transponders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1979.6368252
  • Filename
    6368252
    • Link To Document
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