Title :
INTELSAT VI—A continuing evolution
Author :
Bennett, Simon B. ; Braverman, David J.
Author_Institution :
INTELSAT, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
In early 1982, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) awarded a contract to the Hughes Aircraft Company for a new generation of communications satellites. The INTELSAT VI satellites are the largest, most sophisticated commercial communications satellites ever built. Their major technological challenges include a six-fold reuse of the 6/4-GHz frequency spectrum and the introduction of satellite-switched TDMA. The INTELSAT VI satellites are designed to become the backbone of the INTELSAT system in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Keywords :
Aircraft manufacture; Artificial satellites; Communication networks; Contracts; Frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access; Videoconference;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1984.13043