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Design of a Satellite‐to‐Satellite Communications Experiment To Explore HF/VHF Guided Propagation in the Lower Ionosphere
Author(s) -
Barker James I.,
Grossi Mario D.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds19661101229
Subject(s) - ionosphere , satellite , communications satellite , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , instrumentation (computer programming) , remote sensing , telecommunications , physics , geophysics , geology , astronomy , operating system
The design of an experiment to provide conclusive proof of the existence of HF/VHF whispering gallery propagation in the ionosphere below F2Hmax (and to explore its characteristics) has recently been completed and the necessary instrumentation developed and built. The design has been performed on the basis of the results of the simulation of the phenomenon in a digital computer which has integrated in a self‐consistent model the fragmentary, incomplete knowledge of the phenomenon available to date. A satellite‐to‐satellite configuration has be~n chosen, as suitable both to prove unambiguously the existence of whispering‐gallery propagation in the lower ionosphere, and for gathering information basic to the evaluation of the practical usefulnes~ of the guided paths for communications, and to their channel characterization.