Satellite Communications White Papers
Satellite Services to Provide Space Shuttle Video Feeds and Digitally-Enhanced NASA TV
Overview NASA will utilize AGS' satellite services via Marshall, to provide Space Shuttle video feeds during pre-launch, launch and re-entry. AGS will also broadcast NASA TV, which is transitioning from one analog channel to multiple digital channels. NASA uses the video feeds and TV broadcasts for ongoing scientific analysis, educational initiatives and distribution to news media outlets.
| Publisher | Americom Government Services | File Format | |
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| Date Published | March 2004 | Downloads | 270 |
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Global Radiation Changes in the Lower Atmosphere Related to Solar Activity Phenomena
The Earth's climate is known to depend strongly on the solar radiation input in the lower atmosphere, being an important energy source of atmospheric circulation. Although the solar irradiance changes...
Advanced Payload Architectures for Future Telecommunication Satellites
Long term (post-2012, say), satellite operators anticipate a market for broadband multimedia services via satellite, providing that satellite services are cost-effective and flexible. The market will require two types of...
New Opportunities for Satellites in Telecommunication Systems
The role of satellites will change in the medium- and long-terms, opening up new roles and markets, including Broadband Internet access, first for business users, then for the general consumer,...
Burst Timing Synchronization for OFDM - Based LEO and MEO Wideband Mobile Satellite Systems
A burst timing offset estimation method is examined in fast time varying frequency selective fading channels for broadband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based systems. The estimation is obtained in the...
Virtual Teamwork: Collaborative Computing at British Petroleum
British Petroleum (BP) has implemented a collaborative computing environment linking a variety of employees at offices, exploration, and production sites around the world. SAIC led the technology design, piloted the...



