ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN OF A SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL FOR MERCHANT SHIPS

Some of the engineering considerations involved in the development of a ship terminal intended to work into the MARISAT civil marine satellite communication system are discussed. It was a requirement that the terminal should work with minimal modification into the future MAROTS and INMARSAT systems, but since system specifications for these did not and do not exist the development has been essentially the design of a MARISAT terminal but with some flexibility built in where it was anticipated that the differences might occur.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Electrical Engineers

  Savoy Place
  London WC2R 0BL, NY  England  10016-5997
• Authors:
  • Piercy, B C
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 45-48
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 139

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Communications satellites; Merchant marine; Satellite communication; Ships
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168317
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM