The first two years of experimental results from the New Mexico ACTS propagation terminal at 20.185 and 27.505 GHz

Author

Feil, J. ; Ippolito, L. ; Buehrer, M. ; Feldhake, G. ; Horan, S.

Author_Institution

Stanford Telecommun. Inc., Reston, VA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

21-26 July 1996

Firstpage

1868

Abstract

The objective of the NASA ACTS Propagation Experiment is to develop long term statistics and prediction modeling techniques for advanced satellite system design. The ACTS satellite has two beacons which illuminate North America. The experiment has seven identical receiver terminals at different locations. Each receiver terminal has meteorological sensors, two beacon receivers (20.185 and 27.505 GHz), and two total power radiometers (20 and 27.5 GHz). This report presents the first two years´ (December 1, 1993-November 30, 1995) cumulative statistics for the New Mexico ACTS Propagation Terminal (APT).

Keywords

microwave propagation; rain; satellite communication; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 20 GHz; 20.185 GHz; 27.5 GHz; 27.505 GHz; ACTS satellite; Advanced Communications Technology Satellite; NASA; New Mexico ACTS propagation terminal; North America; advanced satellite system design; beacon receivers; experimental results; long term statistics; meteorological sensors; prediction modeling techniques; rain attenuation; receiver terminals; total power radiometers; Absorption; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Meteorology; NASA; Ocean temperature; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1996. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3216-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1996.549968

Filename

549968