Sky Satellites: The Marine Corps' Solution to its Over-the-Horizon Communication Problem

Abstract

During the last three years, the Marine Corps has seen an explosion of Satellite Communication (SatCom) assets being used in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. This increase in demand has caused a critical shortage of radio communication assets that can communicate across long distances and at the same time created a shortage of available radio frequencies for the radios to operate on. SatCom has its shortcomings even though it is more reliable than HF. The current main shortcoming of SatCom is the limited availability of bandwidth for the radio assets to operate on.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2006
Accession Number
ADA499200

Entities

People

  • D. J. Canestorp

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Frequency
  • Information Operations
  • Ionosphere
  • Line Of Sight
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Waves
  • Sky Waves
  • Solar Radiation
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space