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Discuss MILSTAR constellation and its unique capability
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Military Strategic and Tactical Relay
-Constellation of comms satellites in geostationary orbit -Operated by USAF -Provide secure and jam resistant worldwide comms |
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What are the services provided by EHF TIP?
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Jointly interoperable low data rate and future medium and high data rate anti-jam, low probability of intercept/detection connectivity for submarines, ships and ashore
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2 types of satellite beams
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EC - Earth coverage
Spot Beam |
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Earth Coverage
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18 degrees
10,000 miles across |
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Spot Beam
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5 degrees
1,800 miles in diameter |
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DSCS
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Defense Satellite Communications Systems
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Name the 9 DSCS Teleport/STEP sites
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-Wahiawa, HI
- FT Belvoir, VA -Lago di Patria, Italy -Bahrain -FT Buckner, Okinawa -Camp Roberts, CA -Landstuhl/Ramstein, Germany -FT Detrick, MD -Chesapeake, VA |
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3 INMARSAT earth stations
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Fucino, Italy
Bejing, China Lake Cowichan, BC |
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6 INMARSAT configurations
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-Point to Point
-Multi point -Switched -Dedicated -Speed Matching -Bridging Services |
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What's the purpose of Iridium phones?
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Provide direct worldwide comms using hand held terminals
-voice -data -paging -fax -navigation |