A lightweight low cost mobile multimission satellite terminal

Author

Zantou, E.B. ; Kherras, Abdelhak

Author_Institution

Centre Royale d´´Etudes et de Recherches Spatiales, Rabat, Morocco

fYear

2004

fDate

19-23 April 2004

Firstpage

307

Lastpage

308

Abstract

In this paper, a lightweight low cost mobile multimission satellite terminal is proposed. The hardware and software solutions achieved to develop automatic ground terminal for use with a micro satellite data collection system is described. The compact design of the terminal facilitates easy mounting to a variety of payloads, including cargo containers, buoys, pipelines and boats. The turnstile antenna is better used for geographically fixed ground terminals and LEO satellite communication. It provides circular polarization at higher elevation compensates for satellite attitude movements. The orbit calculation methodology used expresses the satellite coordinates in the terminal relative topocentric coordinate system. The algorithm used in this paper is satellite visibility calculation algorithm.

Keywords

mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; polarisation; LEO satellite communication; automatic ground terminal; circular polarization; hardware-software solutions; microsatellite data collection system; mobile multimission satellite terminal; orbit calculation methodology; satellite visibility calculation algorithm; topocentric coordinate system; turnstile antenna; Boats; Containers; Costs; Hardware; Low earth orbit satellites; Orbital calculations; Payloads; Pipelines; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8482-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307750

Filename

1307750