Maritime Communication Experiments and Search-and-Rescue Evaluations with the NASA ATS-6 Satellite. Volume II. Text and Appendix.
Abstract
The objective of maritime satellite communication experiments were: to acquire a base of satellite technology knowledge applicable to ship-satellite-shore system design; and to demonstrate, by means of coordination among several ships, aircraft, and ground/shore control centers, some operational uses of satellites for ATC and SAR applications. A description of the ATS-6 experiments is presented along with the technical characteristics of the shipboard terminals used in the experiments. The tests conducted in this program provide a large and homogeneous data base, over a variety of elevation angles, sea states, multipath conditions, and signal levels. The writers believe that the data presented in this report provide a suitable base to recommend performance standards for a satellite-relay Coast Guard Communications System. The recommended system would be a combined voice, data, and ranging system, which would initially rely primarily on voice communications, with gradual increases in the use of digital data links. Ranging would provide two dimensonal position location (assuming the availability of at least two satellites).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA055442
Entities
People
- A. E. Foley
- C. B. Duncombe
- J. H. Kraemer
- J. M. Gutwein
- P. D. Engels
Organizations
- John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center