RCA satellite networks: High technology and low user cost |
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Abstract: | Channel demands on the RCA Americom domestic satellite communications system have continued to increase rapidly since the first launch in 1975. After deploying four of the first-generation 24-channel spacecraft, Americom introduced an advanced, all-solid-state design in 1982 which has more than twice the traffic capacity of the original series. To supplement the operational network of six C-band satellites, K-band satellites will be introduced in 1985 to serve the "small master-antenna TV market and digital satellite networks. Accompanying the continuous incorporation of state-of-the-art technology into successive satellites to achieve increased traffic capacity and longer life, new terrestrial equipment and efficient signal processing/modulation techniques are being exploited to continue the competitive reduction of cost per satellite Circuit per year. |
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