Satellite Communication

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Jan 1, 1966

Multiple-access techniques for communication satellites: Digital modulation, time-division multiplexing, and related signal processing [by] C. R. Lindholm

An evaluation of digital transmission techniques for miltiple access to a communication satellite. Specific features of digital techniques are examined: time-division multiplexing, error correction codes, analog-to-digital conversion methods, and syn...

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Jan 1, 1965

Communication Satellite Output Devices

A review of the field of power amplification at communication satellite frequencies.

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Jan 1, 1965

Navigation by satellite using two-way range and doppler data

Presentation of a method for obtaining a navigation capability as a bonus to a communication satellite system. The Memorandum is primarily concerned with the technology of determining a user vehicle's position from a single satellite by obtaining mu...

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Jan 1, 1964

The Link from a Communication Satellite to a Small Ground Terminal.

A restatement (with minor revisions) of material presented in "Design and use of an early communication satellite system," RM-3514, July 1963. The paper discusses technical factors of small ground terminal parameters, capacity for antenna patterns, c...

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Jan 1, 1964

Estimates of Communication Satellite System Degradation Due to Rain

(1) combines all sources of noise, including rain, as a function of frequency and elevation angle; and (2) presents estimates of time distributions of degradation of the down link due to rain for various system noise temperatures in the absence of rain.

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Jan 1, 1963

Aids for the Gross Design of Satellite Communication Systems

A computational aid for designers of communication systems employing earth satellites as active relays.

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Jan 1, 1963

Around the World by Microwave for Half a Billion Dollars

A comparison of costs of a worldwide communication system using microwave relay or communications satellites.

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Jan 1, 1963

High-Capacity Submarine Telephone Cables: Implications for Communication Satellite Research and Development

An assessment of the implications of transistorized cables for communication satellite research and development.

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Jan 1, 1963

Influence of Space Technology on Hemispheric Defense: An Inter-American Defense College Lecture

Text of a lecture given in January 1963 at IADC in five sections: (1) the most immediate contribution of space technology to hemisphere security is through application to the U.S. strategic deterrent force; ...

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Jan 1, 1963

Design and Use of an Early Communication Satellite System.

An analysis of the value of available communication satellite techniques for establishing, in the near future, either low or medium capacity worldwide communication networks. The low-capacity net primarily would enable U.S. government agencies to com...

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Jan 1, 1963

Crosstalk of Frequency-Multiplexed Signals in Saturating Amplifiers.

A study of an important problem in designing communication satellite systems; namely, the choice of a method which permits several ground stations to have simultaneous access to the same satellite. One method is to assign a different transmitting fre...

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Jan 1, 1963

Foreign Participation in Communications Satellite Systems: Implications of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962

A discussion of some of the international implications of communication satellite systems.

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Multiple-access techniques for communication satellites: Digital modulation, time-division multiplexing, and related signal processing [by] C. R. Lindholm

Communication Satellite Output Devices

Navigation by satellite using two-way range and doppler data

The Link from a Communication Satellite to a Small Ground Terminal.

Estimates of Communication Satellite System Degradation Due to Rain

Aids for the Gross Design of Satellite Communication Systems

Around the World by Microwave for Half a Billion Dollars

High-Capacity Submarine Telephone Cables: Implications for Communication Satellite Research and Development

Influence of Space Technology on Hemispheric Defense: An Inter-American Defense College Lecture

Design and Use of an Early Communication Satellite System.

Crosstalk of Frequency-Multiplexed Signals in Saturating Amplifiers.

Foreign Participation in Communications Satellite Systems: Implications of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962

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