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Ka-band propagation studies using the acts propagation terminal and the csu-chill multiparameter, doppler radar
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Beaver, J. Bringi, V. N. Turk, J. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | An increase in the demand for satellite communications has led to an overcrowding of the current spectrums being used - mainly at C and Ku bands. To alleviate this overcrowding, new technology is being developed to open up the Ka-band for communications use. One of the first experimental communications satellites using this technology is NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). In Sept. 1993, ACTS was deployed into a geostationary orbit near 100 deg W longitude. The ACTS system employs two Ka-band beacons for propagation experiments, one at 20.185 GHz and another at 27.505 GHz. Attenuation due to rain and tropospheric scintillations will adversely affect new technologies proposed for this spectrum. Therefore, before being used commercially, propagation effects at Ka-band must be studied. Colorado State University is one of eight sites across the United States and Canada conducting propagations studies; each site is equipped with the ACTS propagation terminal (APT). With each site located in a different climatic zone, the main objective of the propagation experiment is to obtain monthly and yearly attenuation statistics. Each site also has secondary objectives that are site dependent. At CSU, the CSU-CHILL radar facility is being used to obtain polarimetric radar data along the ACTS propagation path. During the expected two to four year period of the project, it is hoped to study several significant weather events. The S-band radar will be used to obtain Ka-band attenuation estimates and to initialize propagation models that have been developed, to help classify propagation events measured by the APT. Preliminary attenuation estimates for two attenuation events will be shown here - a bright band case that occurred on 13 May 1994 and a convective case that occurred on 20 Jun. 1994. The computations used to obtain Ka-band attenuation estimates from S-band radar data are detailed. Results from the two events are shown. |
| File Size | 303738 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960000461 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2s51kt68 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Extremely High Frequencies Radar Data Troposphere Superhigh Frequencies Communication Satellites Scintillation Radar Transmission Rain Wave Propagation Earth Terminals Atmospheric Attenuation Radio Beacons Doppler Radar Geosynchronous Orbits Radio Communication Satellite Communication Acts Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
