Ground segment architectures for large LEO constellations with feeder links in EHF-bands

• Published in: 2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: del Portillo, Inigo, Cameron, Bruce, Crawley, Edward
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation; ITU; Low earth orbit satellites; Orbits; Quality of service; Satellites

In recent years, several large constellations of LEO satellites have been proposed by different companies as a means to provide global broadband. Even though the first generation of these systems was designed using Ka-band feeder links, the saturation of the Ka-band spectrum, the need for wider band...