Cellular Satellites: Joint Communications With Integrated Acquisition

Abstract

It s a familiar image: a Soldier crouching with a radio, next to a spidery antenna pointing skyward to reach a distant satellite. But that view of military communications is on the verge of change being replaced by troops rapidly exchanging data while moving seamlessly around the battlespace. This progress is possible due to the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the next-generation narrowband military satellite communication system that will support worldwide, multi-Service users in the Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) band. MUOS will use Earth-orbiting satellites as the equivalent of cellphone towers in space, providing smartphone-like service that keeps users connected while on the move and in challenging urban, jungle or mountainous terrain. As the current UHF satellite constellation reaches the end of its life, MUOS will replace it with a communications capacity that is more than 10 times greater.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA620326

Entities

People

  • Christian Becker
  • Daniel P. Hughes

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Information Operations
  • Military Communications
  • Military Satellites
  • Payload
  • Political Science
  • Research Facilities
  • Satellite Communications
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Satellite Networks
  • Space Systems
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites