Geostationary orbit capacity in relation to services expansion and technology development
G. SMITH, G. Berretta, P. HANSELL · 1982
The e x p l o i t a t i o n o f t h e g e o s t a t i o n a r y o r b i t b y communicat ions s a t e l l i t e s i s i n c r e a s i n g r a p i d l y . The s i t u a t i o n f o r t h e Americas has been w i d e l y studied1, and s a t u r a t i o n o f t h e 614 GHz and 14/12 6iiz f r equency bands seems l i k e l y b e f o r e t h e end o f t h e c e n t u r y , assuming s a t e l l i t e spac ings o f 4 and 3 f o r t hese r e s p e c t i v e f r equency bands.