The prospects for commercial satellite services at Q- and V-band

Space Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Evans, J V ^a   Dissanayake, A ^a  

^a COMSAT Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; DEMODULATION; FREQUENCIES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

COMMERCIAL SATELLITE SERVICES; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE; MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE; MOLNIYA ORBIT SATELLITE;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032292612     PISSN: 09248625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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