Title :
In orbit pattern tests of COMS satellite antennas
Author :
Lee, Seong Pal ; Jo, Jin-Ho ; You, Moon Hee ; Haddad, Edward ; Rahman, Fazlur
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst. (ETRI), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
ETRI, KARI and Astrium have developed unique Communications, Ocean and Metrological Satellite - COMS to incorporate both Communications and earth observation from single satellite. COMS was launched by Ariane-5 on 26th June 2010 and arrived successfully to operational geo-stationary orbit 128.2°E. It features a multi-beam Ka-band Communications package, a set of equipments to study Ocean Ecosystem to aid the fishing industry and a Metrological weather observation system. The multi beam Ka-band antenna IOT campaign was conducted by Kari/Astrium/ETRI team supported by Telesat Canada. A brief outline on functional and operational capability including software and hardware used for in orbit test validation of Ka-Band antenna system is addressed.
Keywords :
ecology; fishing industry; satellite antennas; Ariane-5; COMS satellite antenna; Kari-Astrium-ETRI team; Telesat Canada; communications ocean and metrological satellite antenna; fishing industry; metrological weather observation system; multibeam Ka-band antenna IOT campaign; multibeam Ka-band communications package; ocean ecosystem; operational geostationary orbit; orbit pattern test; satellite communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5997164
