Results from one year of Ka-band beacon measurements at Svalbard

• Main Authors: Nessel, James, Boulanger, Xavier, Castanet, Laurent, Prytz, Torgeir, Martellucci, Antonio
• Other Authors: NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA, ONERA / DEMR, Université de Toulouse Toulouse, ONERA-PRES Université de Toulouse, Kongsberg Satellite Services, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: DATA HANDLING; DEPOLARIZATION; NASA; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION; SPACE FLIGHT; [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics]; [PHYS]Physics [physics]; Canada; Kongsberg; Longyearbyen; Norway; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02329075; https://hal.science/hal-02329075/document; https://hal.science/hal-02329075/file/DEMR19085.1570463346_preprint.pdf

International audience Since April 1, 2016, a Ka-band (20.198 GHz) propagation terminal has been installed and operating at the Svalsat facility in Longyearbyen, Norway. This campaign is a joint effort between the European Space Agency (ESA), Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), the French Aerospace...