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US 2003/0203718 A1Published application
Broadband communication satellite
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorEric R. Wiswell
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Abstract
A satellite system is provided that includes a receive antenna system to receive one of C-band and/or Ku-band signals and a transmit antenna system to transmit one of C-band and/or Ku-band signals. A payload section may be coupled between the receive antenna system and the transmit antenna system. The satellite system may provide broadband communications at C-band and/or Ku-band.
Claims31
A satellite system comprising:
- a receive antenna system to receive one of C-band and Ku-band signals;
- a transmit antenna system to transmit one of C-band and Ku-band signals;
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- a payload section coupled between said receive antenna system and said transmit antenna system.
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A satellite system comprising:
- an antenna system including transmit antennas and receive antennas to transmit and receive signals at one of C-band frequencies and Ku-band frequencies;
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- a communications payload coupled to said antenna system, said communications payload to pass signals from said transmit antennas to said receive antennas.
A method of communicating by satellite comprising:
- transmitting signals to receive antennas on a satellite, said signals being at one of C-band frequencies and Ku-band frequencies;
- passing signals corresponding to said received signals from said receive antennas to transmit antennas;
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- transmitting signals at one of C-band frequencies and Ku-band frequencies from said transmit antennas.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.