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Satellite Communications Testbed
Rome, NY
A highly modified C-135 SATCOM test aircraft provides an airborne testbed. The aircraft is equipped with an array of SATCOM systems, including the Milstar ARC-208 Airborne Command Post (ABCP) satellite terminals, and various UHF/SHF/EHF subsystems. The C-135 testbed has been used to evaluate worldwide propagation problems, such as multipath fading, ionospheric scintillation fading, rain attenuation, and low-elevation atmospheric attenuation. The aircraft has also been used to evaluate the dependence of link performance on aircraft dynamics, and has accomplished extensive protocol, modulation, and interoperability testing.
Laboratory
- Information Directorate
Category
- Communications
Provenance
- Original
- https://dodtechmatch.com/dod/lab/viewfacility.aspx?id=71509
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine snapshot
This record was recovered from a public web archive of dodtechmatch.com and is preserved for historical reference. It may be outdated. Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Contact details from the original listing have been withheld.