00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.821272 CaOODSP 20240219183442 cr ||||||||||| 160719s2013 onc|||||o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- D68-6/068-2013E-PDF McKenzie-Picot, S. Communication link analysis for a nanosatellite constellation in low earth orbit [electronic resource] / by S. McKenzie-Picot and P. Gavigan. [Ottawa] : Defence Research and Development Canada, c2013. viii, 28 p. : tables, graphs. Technical Memorandum ; 2013-068 "August 2013." Includes bibliographical references. This paper explores the quality of intersatellite links for a constellation of nanosatellites. In order to characterise satellite performance, the data throughput at various powers, frequencies and antenna gains was calculated and nanosatellite constellations were modelled using Systems Tool Kit (STK). It was found that constant access between a ground station anywhere on Earth and the constellation is possible. It was also found that, depending on the transmission frequency chosen, a nanosatellite constellation can support data rates up to 7.7 Mbps, sufficient for standard definition live video streaming. gccst Technical reports Nanosatellites Constellations Gavigan, P. Defence R&D Canada. Technical memorandum (Defence R&D Canada) 2013-068 (CaOODSP)9.820564 PDF 2.26 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/rddc-drdc/D68-6-068-2013-eng.pdf