Feasibility Study of a Whistler Mode Satellite-to-Ground.

Abstract

The properties of a satellite-to-ground whistler mode communication link are discussed. The propagation mechanisms of a whistler mode link are examined, present knowledge concerning the performance of spaceborne transmitting ELF/VLF antennas is summarized, and implications for communication systems are considered. The two major unknowns in the whistler mode communication link are the performance of a transmitting spaceborne ELF/VLF antenna, and the coupling of whistler mode energy through the ionosphere into the terrestrial waveguide. An experimental program to establish link performance is recommended. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736429

Entities

People

  • Robert B. Dybdal

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Communication Systems
  • Couplings
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Environment
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Ionosphere
  • Spaceborne
  • Transmitting
  • Waveguides
  • Whistlers

Readers

  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites