A New Earth-LEO Propagation Campaign at Q and W-band

Abstract

In the next generation of satellites, innovative services are intended to be offered by the communications operators. Due to the congestion of the spectrum, the implementation of such services is only possible at high frequency bands. However, at these frequencies, the atmospheric channel has more impact on the propagating signals, compromising the quality-of-service (QoS). In order to study the Earth-space link, several experimental campaigns have been performed below the Q-band with GEO satellites. This paper addresses a new propagation experiment which will permit to extend the understanding of the Earth-space channel up to the W-band and LEO orbits.