ACTS mobile terminal on USS Princeton (CG 59)

Author

Axford, Roy A. ; Evanoff, George A. ; Bostrom, Gregory A. ; North, Richard C. ; Owens, Kevin C. ; Toy, James

Author_Institution

Res., Dev., Test & Evaluation Div, Naval C, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

2-5 Nov 1997

Firstpage

887

Abstract

The Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center´s RDT&E Division (NRaD) and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) installed JPL´s Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) mobile terminal (AMT) on USS Princeton (CG 59) in July 1996. The AMT remained installed for one year during which time Princeton was deployed in the eastern Pacific, Sea of Cortez and the Caribbean on a six-month drug interdiction patrol in support of the US Coast guard. Via ACTS, NASA´s experimental geostationary K/Ka-band communications satellite at 100 west longitude, Princeton enjoyed the benefits of a full-duplex T1 data rate (1.536 Mbps) pipe back to CONUS during her deployment. This paper describes the installation and testing of the AMT on Princeton and the communications services that Princeton used via ACTS while on deployment

Keywords

military communication; mobile satellite communication; ships; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication terminals; 1.536 Mbit/s; ACTS mobile terminal; Advanced Communications Technology Satellite; Caribbean; EMC testing; JPL; Jet Propulsion Lab; Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center; Sea of Cortez; US Coast guard; USS Princeton; communications services; drug interdiction patrol; eastern Pacific; full-duplex T1 data rate; geostationary K/Ka-band communications satellite; Artificial satellites; Character generation; Communication system control; Communications technology; Drugs; Oceans; Propulsion; Satellite broadcasting; Surveillance; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILCOM 97 Proceedings

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4249-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1997.646747

Filename

646747