TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER/U.S. COAST GUARD L-BAND MARITIME SATELLITE TEST PROGRAM: TEST SUMMARY: SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1974

Several L-band satellite communications tests with the NASA ATS-6 spacecraft and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SHERMAN are described. The tests included 1200 bit per second digital data, voice, simultaneous data and voice, ranging, multipath and antenna tracking. Preliminary results are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  United States Coast Guard

  Office of Research and Development, 400 7th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Duncombe, C B
  • Engels, P D
  • Foley, A E
  • Kraemer, J H
  • Mauro, P G
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications satellites; Data reduction; Digital computers; L band; Modems; Multipath transmission; Navigational aids; Navigational satellites; Satellite communication; Satellite navigation systems; Speech; Voice communication
• Old TRIS Terms: Digital systems; Space to surface
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00092010
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TSC-USCG-75-1 Intrm Rpt., USCG-D-104-75
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1976 12:00AM