Satellite Communications Research Program

Abstract

Research grant was designed to investigate research related to the use of low-power, high-performance radio systems for achieving high data rate spacecraft communications. There are a wide variety of new satellite missions and components that are being created based on anew class of satellites called CubeSats. These CubeSats are often flown in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and are usually less than 10 kilograms in mass. Their low size, mass and limited lifetime will mean that, often, inexpensive commercial communication electronics can be utilized for flight. COSMIAC developed two CubeSats for delivery to NASA in 2013/2014 and all of that proposed research built upon lessons learned from these two satellites and involved testing and characterization of existing radio systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1079134

Entities

People

  • Craig Kief

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Commercial Communications
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Rate
  • Earth Orbits
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Orbits
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Frequency
  • Satellite Communications
  • Small Satellites
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Space Communications
  • Space Objects
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites