Title :
Alphasat TDP#5 mission: Towards future EHF satellite communications
Author :
Ruggieri, M. ; Riva, C. ; De Sanctis, M. ; Rossi, T.
Abstract :
Future broadband satellite communications systems, able to support the so-called gigabit-connectivity, will require a very large bandwidth availability; this pushes towards the exploitation of “beyond Ka-band” systems, in particular Q/V band systems. This paper presents the most important features of the TDP#5 (Technology Demonstration Payload number 5) scientific mission that will provide us the opportunity to perform, for the first time, a combined communication and propagation experiment over a Q/V band satellite link.
Keywords :
satellite links; Alphasat TDP#5 mission; EHF satellite communication; Q/V band satellite link; Technology Demonstration Payload number 5; broadband satellite communication system; gigabit-connectivity; Attenuation; Broadband communication; Payloads; Receiving antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; ACM; EHF; Q/V-band; Satellite Communications; Satellite Propagation; Site Diversity;
Conference_Titel :
Satellite Telecommunications (ESTEL), 2012 IEEE First AESS European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4687-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4686-3
DOI :
10.1109/ESTEL.2012.6400076
