DocumentCode
2143028
Title
A Review of Advanced Microwave Equipment on the Experimental Satellite Stentor
Author
Cazaux, Jean-Louis ; Cogo, Bernard ; Tronche, Christian ; Barbaste, Régis ; Jarthon, Gaëlle ; Leveque, Hervé ; Naudy, Gilles ; Pinho, José ; Roque, Daniel
Author_Institution
ALCATEL-SPACE. 26 Avenue J.F. Champollion, 31037 TOULOUSE, FRANCE. Tel: 33-(0)-5-3435-5759; Fax: 33-(0)-5-3435-6987, e-mail: jean-louis.cazaux@alcatel.fr
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
Oct. 1998
Firstpage
397
Lastpage
402
Abstract
The explosion of the telecommunication market is also impacting the space segment and the satellite payloads. All over the world, the industry is making strong efforts to reduce cost and delivering time for commercial programs, while decreasing hardware mass and increasing overall performance. Following American and Japanese initiatives, the French agencies (CNES, France Télécom. DGA) have joined their efforts to promote new and competitive technologies by implementing a technological program: STENTOR. This ambitious project aims at flying several advanced concepts which are described here for what concerns the microwave sub-systems.
Keywords
Artificial satellites; Filtering; Frequency; MMICs; Microwave devices; Payloads; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Repeaters; Transmitting antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 1998. 28th European
Conference_Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.1998.338185
Filename
4139240
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