• DocumentCode
    2442371
  • Title

    The DAVID satellite mission of the Italian Space Agency: high rate data transmission to Internet at W and Ka bands

  • Author

    Bonifazi, C. ; Ruggieri, M. ; Pratesi, M. ; Salomé, A. ; Varacalli, G. ; Paraboni, A. ; Saggese, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Rome, Italy
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    3022
  • Abstract
    The DAta and Video Interactive Distribution (DAVID) satellite mission belongs to the small missions for science and technology programme of the Italian Space Agency and is intended to pioneer the use of W-band for an experimental collection of a high volume of data and its forwarding, through Ka-band links, to the Internet. The satellite launch is envisaged in 2004. The system presents various technological innovations and will also collect data from very remote scientific laboratories in Antarctica, allowing also remote control of the experiments.
  • Keywords
    Internet; data communication; satellite links; 80 to 90 GHz; Antarctica; DAVID satellite mission; Internet; Italian Space Agency; Ka-band; W-band; data and video interactive distribution; data transmission; Artificial satellites; Contracts; Data communication; Frequency; Internet; Low earth orbit satellites; Payloads; Satellite communication; Space missions; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications, 2002. ICC 2002. IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7400-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICC.2002.997394
  • Filename
    997394