Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS): Four-Year System Performance

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-203

  Acosta, Roberto J ^a   Bauer, Robert ^a   Krawczyk, Richard J ^a,c,d   Reinhart, Richard C ^a   Zernic, Michael J ^a,e   Gargione, Frank ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BROADCASTING; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; TRANSPONDERS;

ADAPTIVE RAIN FADE COMPENSATION; DIRECT TO HOME BROADCASTING; MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS; WIDEBAND MICROWAVE SWITCH MATRIX (MSM);

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033077346     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.748783     Document Type: Article

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