DocumentCode
626158
Title
KA-SAT and future HTS systems
Author
Fenech, H. ; Amos ; Tomatis ; Soumpholphkakdy
Author_Institution
Future Satellite Syst., Eutelsat, Paris, France
fYear
2013
fDate
21-23 May 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Launched in December 2010 KA-SAT represents the first of the current generation of High Throughput Satellites (HTS). With a total system capacity of over 90Gbit/s and the capability of supporting up to a million users, it delivers services akin to those provided by terrestrial ADSL2+. In order to meet increasing demands on capacity, and subsequently on equipment, it is expected that the bandwidth of the TWTA will need to cover 2.9GHz. We discuss the technology employed in KA-SAT and where it is anticipated it will lead us.
Keywords
digital subscriber lines; satellite communication; travelling wave amplifiers; HTS systems; KA-SAT; TWTA; bandwidth 2.9 GHz; high throughput satellites; terrestrial ADSL2+; Bandwidth; Downlink; High-temperature superconductors; Logic gates; Payloads; Satellites; Uplink; Capacity; HTS; Ka-band; Q/V-band; TWTA; bandwidth; satellite; system; transponder;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2013 IEEE 14th International
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5976-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVEC.2013.6571160
Filename
6571160
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