U.S. Aeronautical L-Band Satellite Technology Test Program

Abstract

The U.S. Aeronautical L-Band satellite test program was performed between September 1974 and April 1975 as part of an international ATS-6 L-Band satellite test program. The U.S. program consisted of both technology and ATC communications demonstration tests. The technology tests were comprised of multipath channel characterization tests; modem tests of voice, data, and ranging; and aircraft antenna tests. Multipath results include delay-Doppler scatter function characteristics and calculations of spectra, spreads and autocorrelations for both over-ocean and CONUS multipath. Comparison of sample results with model prediction is given. Voice modem intelligibility scores, digital data bit error rates and ranging modem performance are presented parametrically as functions of C/N sub 0 and S/I. Experimentally derived gain and multipath rejection performance data are given for the slot-dipoles, phased array, patch, and crossed-slot antennas for various aircraft/satellite geometries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA016171

Entities

People

  • A. D. Thompson
  • C. V. Paulson
  • E. H. Schroeder
  • R. W. Sutton
  • S. G. Wilson

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Clocks
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Range Finding
  • Recording Systems
  • Slot Antennas
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites