NASA NTRS · 19880016297
The AMSC mobile satellite system
Abstract
The American Mobile Satellite Consortium (AMSC) Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) system is described. AMSC will use three multi-beam satellites to provide L-band MSS coverage to the United States, Canada and Mexico. The AMSC MSS system will have several noteworthy features, including a priority assignment processor that will ensure preemptive access to emergency services, a flexible SCPC channel scheme that will support a wide diversity of services, enlarged system capacity through frequency and orbit reuse, and high effective satellite transmitted power. Each AMSC satellite will make use of 14 MHz (bi-directional) of L-band spectrum. The Ku-band will be used for feeder links.
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Agnew, Carson E., Bhagat, Jai, Hopper, Edwin A., Kiesling, John D., Exner, Michael L., Melillo, Lawrence, Noreen, Gary K., Parrott, Billy J.. 1988-05-01. The AMSC mobile satellite system. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19880016297
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