Title :
Aero-WAVE: a W-band preliminary test using HAP
Author :
Jebril, A. ; Lucente, M. ; Rossi, T. ; Ruggieri, M. ; Zuliani, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Rome Univ.
Abstract :
Aero-WAVE is a scientific payload that operates in W-band. It will be embarked onboard a stratospheric platform or high altitude platform (HAP) in order to perform a first test of the channel behavior at an altitude of about 20 km. The stratospheric platform is a high altitude aircraft known as the M-55 Geophysica, a Russian aircraft well known in the atmospheric research environment and the European scientific community since 1996. The M-55 Geophysica will be equipped with the payload instrumentation to carry out the measurements. These measurements and the resulting data provided throughout the Aero-WAVE mission will give good indications of the channel behavior at different weather conditions and at different locations within the GEO-WAVE coverage
Keywords :
aircraft communication; aircraft instrumentation; Aero-WAVE; GEO-WAVE coverage; M-55 Geophysica; W-band analysis & verification; atmospheric research environment; geostationary Earth orbit; high altitude aircraft; high altitude platform; payload instrumentation; scientific payload; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Atmospheric measurements; Electronic equipment testing; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Geophysical measurements; Payloads; Performance evaluation; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9545-X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2006.1655988
