The PACSAT Communications Experiment (PCE). Final report, August 13, 1990--February 12, 1992

Technical Report · Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10128581· OSTI ID:10128581

While VITA (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) is the recognized world leader in low earth orbiting (LEO) satellite technology (below 1 GHz), its involvement in communications technologies is to facilitate renewable energy technology transfer to developing countries. A communications payload was incorporated into the UoSat 2 satellite (Surrey Univ., UK), launched in 1984; a prototype satellite (PCE) was also launched Jan 1990. US DOE awarded a second grant to VITA to design and test the prototype ground stations (command and field), install field ground stations in several developing country sites, pursue the operational licensing process, and transfer the evaluation results to the design of an operating system. This report covers the principal tasks of this grant.

• Research Organization: Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Arlington, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-90CE33017
• OSTI ID: 10128581
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE/33017-T1; ON: DE93008185
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 12 Feb 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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