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041 |aeng|bfre
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0861 |aD68-6/068-2013E-PDF
1001 |aMcKenzie-Picot, S.
24510|aCommunication link analysis for a nanosatellite constellation in low earth orbit |h[electronic resource] / |cby S. McKenzie-Picot and P. Gavigan.
260 |a[Ottawa] : |bDefence Research and Development Canada, |cc2013.
300 |aviii, 28 p. : |btables, graphs.
4901 |aTechnical Memorandum ; |v2013-068
500 |a"August 2013."
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 |aThis 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.
69207|2gccst|aTechnical reports
69307|aNanosatellites
69307|aConstellations
7001 |aGavigan, P.
7102 |aDefence R&D Canada.
830#0|aTechnical memorandum (Defence R&D Canada)|v2013-068|w(CaOODSP)9.820564
85640|qPDF|s2.26 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/rddc-drdc/D68-6-068-2013-eng.pdf