抄録
The S-band inter-satellite communication system for Japan's Engineering Test Satellite-VI (ETS-VI) to be launched in 1992, is presented. The S-band inter-satellite communication equipment system (SIC) provides a multibeam array antenna with 19 microstrip antenna elements, which is being developed in Japan for an experiment S-band intersatellite data relay and tracking satellite system. The SIC has the compatibility with NASA's S-band multiple access system in Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) to access to user satellite in TDRSS. The SIC provides an on-board microprocessor for directing the beams to any desired user satellite and on-board beamforming networks. This paper describes performances of the SIC and the experimental S-band inter-satellite communication system using the SIC.
