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Now available, Information on the new (199798) NASA/NSF WTEC Satellite Communications Study.

NASA/NSF Panel on

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY (1993 study)

Burton I. Edelson, Co-chair
Joseph N. Pelton, Co-chair
Charles W. Bostian
William T. Brandon
Vincent W. S. Chan
E. Paul Hager
Neil R. Helm
Raymond D. Jennings
Robert K. Kwan
Christoph E. Mahle
Edward F. Miller
Lance Riley

July 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS

JTEC_WTEC Staff
Disclaimer
Abstract
Preface
Foreword
List of Figures
List of Tables

Executive Summary

ANALYTICAL CHAPTERS

1. Overview

Burton Edelson
Joseph Pelton
Neil Helm

• Background
• Key Issues
• European Satellite Communications
• Japan's Space Communications Program
• Russian Satellite Communications
• Conclusions

2. Review Assessment of Satellite Communications Technologies

Charles Bostian
Vincent Chan
E. Paul Hager
Neil Helm
Christoph Mahle
Edward Miller
Joseph Pelton

• Space and Ground Antennas (pt. 1)
• Space and Ground Antennas (pt. 2)
• Transponders, TWTAs and SSPAs
• Materials, Components and MMICS
• Advanced Battery Development for Space Applications
• Launchers, Propulsion and Stabilization Systems, Autonomous Control
• On-Board Processing (OBP)
• Applications of Photonics in Space
• Superconductivity Activities
• Advanced Satellite Technology and Systems Concepts

3. Review and Assessment of Satellite Communications Applications

William Brandon
Neil Helm
Robert Kwan
Edward Miller
Lance Riley

• European Mobile Satellites, RDSS, and Navigation
• Mobile Satellite Communications Services in Japan
• High Data Rate (HDR) Applications
• Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)
• Direct Broadcast Satellites -- Television and Radio (DBS-TV and DBSA)
• New European Services and Applications
• New Japanese Services and Applications

4. New Markets and Policy Considerations

Charles Bostian
William Brandon
Vincent Chan
Raymond Jennings
Joseph Pelton

• Propagation, Attenuation
• Satellite/Terrestrial Interface
• Small Communications Satellites
• Small Satellite Communications Terminals
• Non-Technical Issues of Major Importance to the Future Development of Satellite Communications

5. European Research Satellite Projects

Charles Bostian
Vincent Chan
Lance Riley

• Introduction
• OLYMPUS
• ARTEMIS
• SILEX
• Data Relay Satellite (DRS)
• ITALSAT
• ARCHIMEDES

6. Japanese Research Satellite Projects

William Brandon
Vincent Chan
Robert Kwan

• LCE and OICETS
• COMETS
• Data Relay Satellite (DRS)
• Engineering Test Satellite VI (RTS-VI)

APPENDICES

A. Professional Experience of Panel Members

B. European Site Reports

C. Japanese Site Reports

D. Russian Site Reports

E. Glossary

F. Bibliography

G. List of Organizations Visited by the Panel

SITE REPORTS

1. European Site Reports

• AEG
• Alcatel Espace
• Alenia Spazio S.p.A
• ANT Bosch Telecom
• Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
• Deutsche Telecom Labs (FTZ)
• German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR)
• European Commission (EC)
• ESA Headquarters
• European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC)
• EUTELSAT Headquarters
• Inmarsat
• Matra-Marconi Space UK Ltd.
• MBB Deutsche Aerospace (MBB)
• Matra-Marconi Space (MMS)
• Telespazio
• Thomson CSF

2. Japanese Site Reports

• ATR Optical and Radio Communications Research Laboratory
• Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
• Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)
• Fujitsu Limited
• Kansai Advanced Research Center (KARC)
• Kashima Space Research Center (KSRC)
• KDD R&D Laboratories
• KDD R&D Laboratories
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Lt.d
• Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (MELCO), Central Research Laboratory and Optoelectronic & Microwave Devices Laboratory
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (MELCO), Kamakura Works
• Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT)
• NASDA Tsukuba Space Center
• Nippon Electric Corp. (NEC)
• NEC Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories
• NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
• NTT Yokosuka R&D Center
• Space Communications Research Corp. (SCR)
• Toshiba Komukai Works

3. Russian Site Reports

• KOMETA
• Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute
• Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI)
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Copyright 1993 by Loyola College in Maryland

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