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ACTS Ka-Band Earth Stations: Technology, Performance, and Lessons LearnedThe Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Project invested heavily in prototype Ka-band satellite ground terminals to conduct an experiments program with ACTS. The ACTS experiments program proposed to validate Ka-band satellite and ground-station technology, demonstrate future telecommunication services, demonstrate commercial viability and market acceptability of these new services, evaluate system networking and processing technology, and characterize Ka-band propagation effects, including development of techniques to mitigate signal fading. This paper will present a summary of the fixed ground terminals developed by the NASA Glenn Research Center and its industry partners, emphasizing the technology and performance of the terminals and the lessons learned throughout their 6-year operation, including the inclined orbit phase-of-operations. The fixed ground stations used for experiments by government, academic, and commercial entities used reflector-based offset-fed antenna systems with antennas ranging in size from 0.35 to 3.4 in. in diameter. Gateway earth stations included two systems referred to as the NASA Ground Station (NGS) and the Link Evaluation Terminal (LET).
Document ID
20000076604
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Reinhart, Richard C. (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Struharik, Steven J. (Communications Satellite Corp. Clarksburg, MD United States)
Diamond, John J. (Analex Corp. Brook Park, OH United States)
Stewart, David (GTE Technology Organization Cleveland, OH United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 2000
Subject Category
Ground Support Systems And Facilities (Space)
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.60:210047
L-12250
NASA/TP-2000-210047
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sixth KA-Band Utilization Conference
Location: Cleveland, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: May 31, 2000
End Date: June 2, 2000
Sponsors: Istituto Internazionale delle Comunicazioni
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 315-90-81
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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