Since Ka-band frequencies have been made available for satellite communications, data can be transmitted at significantly higher bandwidths. The 30/20 GHz Ka-band was first used in the experimental ACTS Gigabit…
Satellite broadband technology has made significant progress over the last ten years. New coding techniques combined with spot beaming and the use of higher frequency bands enable significant advances in…
In 2009 the reduction of utilization of the ESTRACK 15m stations has been addressed and ESA decided to relocate the core X-band launch and early orbit phase (LEOP) functionality from…
In the early 2000s, more and more satellite missions were planned to collect large amounts of data or to enable broadband communications. At that time, however, only few ground stations…