System engineering of a crosslink for geostationary communications satellites

• Main Author: Knupp, Greg L.
• Other Authors: Systems Engineering
• Format: Dissertation
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: Geostationary satellites; LD5655.V851 1993.K637
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41647; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020055/

<p>This paper will examine the initial system analysis and system level design for a wideband crosslink between two geostationary satellites. The vehicles will be similar to the Hughes Aircraft Company built IntelSat VI-A in basic configuration for the purposes of this study. The wideband crosslink will carry channelized digital cormnunications to include television signals and duplex voice signals.</p> <p>The paper itself will follow the rigorous format for systems engineering and analysis laid out by Blanchard and Fabrycky [Blanchard]. The study will begin with a Statement of the Problem and Definition of Need; a set of system requirements will bound the project; and the process will follow through preliminary design and tradeoff analysis.</p> === Master of Science