Applications of the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT)

dc.contributor.advisorWight, Randy Lee
dc.contributor.authorPayne, Robert Andrew, Jr.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentSpace Studies Academic Group
dc.contributor.secondreaderEuler, Edward A.
dc.dateSeptember 1992
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-15T01:11:03Z
dc.date.available2013-11-15T01:11:03Z
dc.date.issued1992-09
dc.description.abstractThis thesis provides an analysis of potential Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT) system users. At a point in time where large satellite designers are just now beginning to focus their efforts towards capturing a portion of the rapidly expanding light satellite (lightsat) market, the Naval Postgraduate School is designing a lightsat unlike any which has been built before or will be built in the foreseeable future. A single PANSAT (or an entire constellation) can be lofted into orbit at a relatively low cost as a secondary payload on a variety of launch vehicles. Its design makes it an ideal system for providing store and forward communications to a large number of users at a fraction of the cost of most (if not all other) satellite systems. The long-term success of this program relies not only on the technical aspects of design and production but also on the Naval Postgraduate School's ability to create a satellite system that provides maximum utility to potential user communities yet to be explicitly defined.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceCaptain, United States Armyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/applicationsofpe1094537410
dc.format.extent91 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/37410
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorLight satelliteen_US
dc.subject.authorLightsaten_US
dc.subject.authorSmall satelliteen_US
dc.subject.authorSmallsaten_US
dc.subject.authorCommunications satelliteen_US
dc.subject.authorLow earth orbitingen_US
dc.subject.authorStore and forwarden_US
dc.subject.authorSpread spectrumen_US
dc.titleApplications of the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSystems Technology (Space Systems Operations)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Systems Technology (Space Systems Operations)en_US
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