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Conference Program

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 print Preliminary Program

09:00 - 10:00 Room A OPENING SESSION

Opening Remarks by:
 - Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant, USA
 - Franco Marconicchio, Space Consultant, Italy

Keynote by:
 - Enrico Saggese, President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy

Overview of NASA Telecom and Navigation Program by:
 - Badri Younes, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communication and Navigation of NASA, USA

Ka Band Applications and Services from Dream to Reality: the KaSAT Program by:
 - Giuliano Berretta, President of EUTELSAT Communications, France

10:30 - 12:15 Room A SESSION 1: TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS & SERVICES

Chair: Arduino Patacchini, Eutelsat, France

36
The KA-SAT Spacecraft
Andrew Lindley, Hector Fenech, Eutelsat, France
Aziz Bouhia, EADS Astrium, France

72
Broadband Communication Services Exploiting New Generation Ka Band Satellites
Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy

107
Achieving Battle-Space Success: Exploiting X-band and Ka-band Diversity
Taj A. Sturman, EADS Astrium, UK
Andrew Hide, EADS Astrium, France

38
Next Generation High Rate Broadband Satellites
Hector Fenech, Alessia Tomatis, Emmanuel Lance, Maria Kalama, Eutelsat, France

77
New Frontiers and Technologies for the Mobile Satellite Interactive Services
Eros Feltrin, Elisabeth Weller, Eutelsat, France
Giancarlo Bellaveglia, Raimondo Loforti, Luca Marcellini, Space Engineering, Italy

92
Spacegrid : Towards the Integration of Space Technologies in the Powergrid Management System
Maria Lucia Tampellini, Alberto Caliumi, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy
Enrico Vellucci ,TERNA, Italy
Olivier Becu, ESA, The Netherlandst

108
M2M via Satellite Solutions: A scaleable Web Services Oriented Platform
Jean-Marc Villevieille, B. Durin, Didier Zeller, EADS Astrium, France

10:30 - 12:15 Room B SESSION 2: PROPAGATION AND FADE MITIGATION

Chair: Aldo Paraboni, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

148
Comparison of Atmospheric Phase Stability at Goldstone, CA and White Sands, NM: One-Year Analysis
Roberto J. Acosta, James A. Nessel, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

99
The Alphasat TDP#5 Mission Segment
Carlo Cornacchini, Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering, Italy
Giuseppe Codispoti, Enrico Russo, ASI, Italy

26
Site Diversity Considerations for V/W Band Satellite Communications
George Brost, William Cook, William Lipe, AFRL, USA

40
A Theoretical Limit for the Optimum Adaptive Distribution of The Power Flux on Earth in TV-sat Applications at 20 GHz
Laura Resteghini, Aldo Paraboni, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

59
On the Use of Spatial Diversity Techniques for Robust Satellite Communications in Fading
Mario Blanco, The Mitre Corp., USA

61
Ka-band Telemetry Architecture for LEO satellites
Mario Cossu, Michelangelo L’Abbate, Rita Roscigno, Carlo Svara, hales Alenia Space, Italy
Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

118
Statistical Assessment of New Methods to Optimize the Power Flux Distribution TV-Sat Broadcasting at 20 GHz
Roberto Nebuloni, IEIIT-CNR, Italy
Paraboni Aldo, Laura Resteghini, Politechnic of Milan, Italy
Piero Gabellini, Space Engineering, Italy

22
Fuzzy Inference Uplink Power Control System In End-To-End Broadband Satellite Links
Dimitris Charilas, Konstantinos Chaloulos, Athanasios Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

149
A Decorrelation Radiometer for Atmospheric Phase Compensation of Uplink Arrays
James A. Nessel, Roberto J. Acosta, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

12:15 - 13:30 Room A SESSION 3: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS I

Chair: TBD

91
Athena Fidus Satellite: A New Payload Configuration To Improve System Flexiblity
Enrico Russo, ASI, Italy
Giancarlo Varacalli, ASI, Italy
Giovanni Battista Durando, Italian Ministry of Defense, TELEDIFE, Italy

34
Q/V-Band Payload: Architecture and Technology Innovation
Maria Teresa Nocerino, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

68
Challenges in the Implementation of Multi-Beam Ka-Band Payloads
Michael Harverson, Dietmar Schmitt, ESA, The Netherlands

43
Fair Bandwidth Sharing in a Hybrid Ad Hoc and Satellite Network System
Hiroki Nishiyama, Kazunori Koubou, Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Japan
Ryutaro Suzuki, NICT, Japan

124
Heinrich-Hertz Mission: Innovative Ka-band Payload Hosted on a SGEO Platform
H. Pawlak, K.-J. Siebels, Th. Miesner, D. Lang, OHB-System, Germany

12:15 - 13:30 Room B SESSION 4: COSMO SKYMED I

Chair: Marco Airaghi, ASI, Italy

122
Cosmo-Skymed Second Generation: The Program
Francesco Caltagirone, Giuseppe F. De Luca, Fabio Covello, ASI, Italy
Graziano Marano, Italian Ministry of Defence, Italy
Giuseppe Angino, Piemontese, Gallon, Calabrese, Impagnatiello, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

121
System Optimization & Validation Through Simulation of the Operational Process
Giuseppe De Luca, Gianni Casonato, ASI, Italy
Graziano, Di Domizio, AD, Italy
Gallon, Cricenti, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Paolo Tozzi, Reboa,Telespazio, Italy

124
Cosmo-Skymed Second Generation Control Moment Gyro: The Platform Agility
Giuseppe F. De Luca, Edmondo Scorzafava, Fabio Covello, ASI, Italy
Intelisano, Mazzini, Matteo Piemontese, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

125
High Performance Real Time Data Handling And Transmission - A New Solution
Edmondo Scorzafava, ASI, Italy
Michelangelo L'Abbate, Bagaglini, Roscigno, Paolo Venditti, Giancristofaro, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

14:30 - 17:45 Room A 8TH BROADSKY WORKSHOP on ON-BOARD PROCESSING: PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE TRENDS

Chair: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

14:30
Opening Remarks by
Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

14:40
On-board processing architecture for satellite communications - From WINDS to the future
Naoko Yoshimura, NICT, Japan

15:20
On-Board Processing for Increased Communications Satellite Flexibility and Capacity
Tom Butash, BAE Systems, USA

16:20
Self-Calibrating Digital Beam Forming Network Subsystem
Mario Caron, CRC, Canada

17:00
On-Board Two-Way Time Comparison In Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)
Shinichi Hama, NICT, Japan

17:40
Closing Remarks by
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

09:00 - 10:30 Room A SESSION 5: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS II

Chair: Thomas Butash, BAE Systems, USA

131
SIGMA, a Ka/Ku satellite network for institutional and governmental services
Cosimo La Rocca, Finmeccanica, Italy
Francesco Favara, University of Rome, Italy

73
A Polar Orbiting Satellite System in Support of Canadian Artic Communications
Jaafar Cherkaoui, Martin Cote, Peter Garland, MDA Satellite Systems, Canada
Anthony Morris, Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Canada

70
The European Data Relay System: a Service Provider Perspective
Laura Anselmi, Telespazio, Italy

96
The SIPROSAT System Architecture and Demonstration for Italian NEC/SATCOM and Dual-Use Infrastructure
Giacinto Losquadro, Davide Tomasicchio, Miriam Petrone,Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Giovanni Battista Durando, Gerardo Petrone, Italian Ministry of Defense, TELEDIFE, Italy

100
The System Optimization of Beam Hopping Payload Architectures for Multi-Beam Broadband Satellite Systems
Piero Gabellini, Luciano D’Agristina, Space Engineering, Italy
Javad Anzalchi, Alan Couchman, EADS Astrium, UK
Nader Alagha, Piero Angeletti, Salvatore D'Addio, ESA, The Netherlands

111
Sensible Satellite Enhanced Network System For Flexible Bandwidth Management
Mario Gaetano Di Dio, Gaetano Volpe, Aniello Gentile, ITS Information Technology Services, Italy

09:00 - 10:30 Room B SESSION 6: EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEMS

Chair: Robert Bauer, NASA, USA

89
GMES Sentinel-1: Mission Concept And System Design
Andrea Pietropaolo, Claudio Bruno, Renato Croci, Michelangelo L'Abbate, Aniceto Panetti, Paolo Venditti, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

42
Data Handling And Transmission Payload: An Enhanced Scalable And Flexible System For Wide Earth Observation Applications
Marco Sacchettino, Michelangelo L'Abbate, Paolo Venditti, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Edmondo Scorzafava, ASI, Italy

51
Feasibility of Geosynchronous Satellites for Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing at Ka Band
Antoni Broquetas, Josep Ruiz, Alba Gonzalez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Andrea Monti-Guarneri, Laura Carcano, Giorgio Fedeli, Fabio Rocca, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

32
26-GHz data downlink for Low Earth Orbit satellites
Josep Rosello, ESA, The Netherlands

20
Lowering the Altitude and Using Electric Propulsion to Achieve Ultimate Ground Resolution in Earth Optical Remote Sensing
Giorgio Perrotta, SpaceSys, Italy

13
Navigation and guidance of a Small LEO Satellite with Electric Propulsion
Cesare Dionisio, Giuseppe Rossi, INTECS, Italy
Annalisa Mazzoleni, Michelle Lavagna, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

11:30 - 13:00 Room A SESSION 7: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPONENTS I

Chair: Richard Gedney, ECC / ViaSat, USA

29
A Pointing Strategy for Pseudo Dynamic Open Loop Antenna Pointing System
Alessandro Pisano, F. Spognetta, S. Vono, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

56
Multicarrier Performance of Ka-Band Solid-State Power Amplifiers for Satellite Communications
Michael DeLisio, Howard Jetmundsen, Gary Echo, Wavestream Corp., USA

151
Ka-Band On-Board Secure TT&C Transponder
Lorenzo Simone, Giuseppe Fittipaldi, F. De Tiberis, Dino Ciarcia, M. Delfino, M.G. Campagna, F.Barletta, M. Ziarelli, P. Colucci, D. Gelfusa , R. Di Julio, A. Bernardi, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

37
Microwave Filtering Using Photonic Technology
Joe Seregelyi, Stephane Paquet , Mario Caron, Communications Research Centre (CRC ), Canada

49
Ground Beamforming and Interference Cancellation for TDMA Based Reverse-Link Access Schemes
Filippo Di Cecca, Gennaro Gallinaro, Space Engineering, Italy

55
A High Power Ka-Band Extended Interaction Klystron
Brian Steer, Mark Hyttinen, CPI Canada, Canada

30
Flexible Payloads: Microwave Switching and Agile Conversion
Alessandro Pisano, A. Santoni, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

11:30 - 13:00 Room B SESSION 8: NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

Chair: Cosimo La Rocca, Finmeccanica, Italy

31
Next Generation of Miniaturised Receivers for New GNSS Signals
Josep Rosello, ESA, The Netherlands

64
The First Launch of the Galileo Satellites is Approaching: The Role of Ground to Space Compatibility Test Verification
Monica Gotta, Massimo Panzeri, Salvatore Corvo, Vittorio Valle, Sergio Piazza, Lucio Castellano, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Edward Breeuwer, Joerg Hahn, ESA, The Netherlands

110
The Galileo Operations and the infrastructure evolution for the Service Provision
Mario Musmeci, Telespazio, Italy

54
ANTARES Capacity Sizing: an Analysis of Air Traffic Management Needs for Data Link Communications
Catherine Morlet, Salvatore D'Addio, ESA, The Netherlands
Paolo Conforto, Alessia Miglietta, Stefano Buratti, Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

71
ANTARES - Verification and Validation Approach
Franco Gottifredi, Stefano La Barbera, Enrico Varriale, Gianluigi Bechini, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Andrea Santovincenzo, Catherine Morlet, ESA, The Netherlands

25
EXOMARS Approaching and Landing Radar
Ornella Bombaci, Marco Iorio, Manuela Di Salvo, Davide Oddenino, Mario
Montagna, F. Barletta, G. Lippolis, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Olivier Bayle, Alistair Winton, European Space Agency, The Netherlands

52
Delay Estimation in Satellite CDMA Systems Subject to External Narrowband Interference
Stefano Buzzi, Annarita Evangelista, University of Cassino, Italy

14:30 - 16:00 Room A SESSION 9: EARTH OBSERVATION APPLICATIONS I

Chair: Luciano Guerriero, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy

33
European Volcano Observatory Space Services (EVOSS) : A GMES Downstream Service
Maria Luisa Tampellini, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy
Fabrizio Ferrucci, Steve Tait, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France

75
Interferometric and Radargrammetric DEM from Cosmo-SkyMed Dataset: Results and Validation
Franco Brizio, Giovanni Milillo, ASI, Italy
Nicola Stella, Geotec, Italy

84
Treatment of Atmospheric Artifacts in GPS Solutions
Francesco Vespe, Catia Benedetto, ASI, Italy
Patrizia Sacco, Marilena Amoroso, Consorzio INNOVA, Italy
Rosa Pacione, Brigida Pace, e-GEOS, Italy

28
Ka-Band Altimeter Radio-Frequency Unit
Guy MICHAUD, S. Ohannessian, B. Cogo, B. Durand, F. Robert, Thales Alenia Space, France
N. Steunou, A. Mallet, CNES, France

14:30 - 16:00 Room B SESSION 10: COSMO SKYMED II

Chair: Matteo Piemontese, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

126
Coordination and Engineering Support to Cosmo End-To-End Operations
Giuseppe De Luca, ASI, Italy
Graziano Marano, Italian Ministry of Defence, Italy
Bussi, Elvira Caliò, Carnevale, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Santellocco, Telespazio, Italy

127
Cosmo-Skymed Lesson Learned in the Second Generation
Francesco Caltagirone, Giuseppe De Luca, Casonato, ASI, Italy
Graziano Marano, Di Domizio, Italian Ministry of Defence, Italy
Matteo Piemontese, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Terlizzi, Telespazio, Italy

120
The F-DUGS Integration within the Cosmo System
Giuseppe F. De Luca, Fabio Covello, Gianni Casonato, ASI, Italy
Graziano Marano, Italian Ministry of Defence, Italy
Elvira Caliò, Fabrizio Impagnatiello, Giovanni Rolando, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Nicola Santantonio, Telespazio, Italy

116
Cosmo-Skymed Ground Segment ability to manage first and second generation
Giuseppe F. De Luca, Gianni Casonato, Fabio Covello, P. Manfredi, ASI, Italy
Graziano Marano, Italian Ministry of Defence, Italy
Matteo Piemontese, M. Profili, A. Croce, Roberto Episcopo, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
M. Terlizzi, Telespazio, Italy

119
Cosmo Second Generation: the SAR instrument
Andrea Torre, P. Capece, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Francesco Caltagirone, Edmondo Scorzafava, ASI, Italy

16:30 - 18:00 Room A SESSION 11: TELECOMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

Chair: Mario Caron, CRC - Communications Research Center, Canada

19
Dynamic QoS Configuration of a DVB-RCS Satellite Terminal for SIP-based Applications
Baptiste Jacquemin, Pascal Berthou, Thierry Gayraud, LAAS-CNRS, France
Cedric Baudoin, Thales Alenia Space, France

12
Highly Efficient DAMA for VPFDM Satellite Communication Systems
Katsuya Nakahira, Hiroki Uchiyama, Fumihiro Yamashita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, NTT Access Network Service Systems Lab., Japan

21
Interworking between Satellite Performance Enhancing Proxies and Multilayer IPSec (ML-IPSec)
Haitham Cruickshank, Muhammad Nasir Mumtaz Bhutta, Center for Communication Systems Research -
John Ashworth, Martin Moseley, EADS Astrium, UK

53
VSAT Return Channel Optimizations for Broadband Internet Support in 2-Way Satellite Networks
Ayan-Roy Chowdhury, John Baras, University of Maryland, USA
Mitch Robinson, Cerona Networks, USA

67
How to achieve QEF for GSE in 2nd Generation DVB Networks
Bernhard Collini-Nocker, Michael Noisternig, Thomas Soboll, Univeristy of Salzburg, Austria

85
Radio Resource Management with ACM/FMT for DVB-RCS Satellite Systems at Ka Band
Michel Bousquet, ISAE, France

16:30 - 18:00 Room B SESSION 12: OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

7
Optical Inter-Satellite Communication Operational
Mark Gregory, Frank Heine, Hartmut Kämpfner, Robert Lange, Tesat Spacecom, Germany
Michael Lutzer, Rolf Meyer, DLR, Germany

6
10 Micron Satellite Laser Communication with Large Scale Ground Array
Paul Christopher, PFC Associates, USA

16
Direct Optical High Speed Downlinks and Ground Station Networks for Small LEO Missions
Dirk Giggenbach, Florian Moll, Christian Fuchs, Martin Brechtelsbauer, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

81
Laser Occultation Demonstration Mission: the next step towards efficient monitoring of atmospheric chemical species
Luciana Bonino, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Armin Loescher, Miguel Aguirre, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands
Ivelin Bakalski, Lidar Technologies, USA
Gottfried Kirchengast, Wegener Center/University of Graz, Austria
Matthias Renard, Fabrizio Pirondini, DEIMOS SPACE, Spain

39
Studies on Accessible Probability in Satellite-Ground Laser Communications
Yoshihisa Takayama, Morio Toyoshima, NICT, Japan

09:00 - 10:30 Room A SESSION 13: NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS

Chair: Mario Blanco, The Mitre Corporation, USA

74
Off-board Communications for Integrated Vehicle Health Management
Robert J. Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
Brian A. Kachmar, QinetiQ North America, USA

4
From MENTORE to SCUTUM: Towards the Use of EGNOS for the Management Of The Dangerous Goods Transports
Antonella Di Fazio, Telespazio, Italy
D. Pizzorni, Eni - Refining & Marketing Logistica Secondaria, Italy
M. Zazza, Italian Ministry of Transportation, Italy
G.Baldini, JRC, Italy

114
GNSS Integrity and Protection Level Computation for Vehicular Applications
Gianluca Gargiulo, NEXT Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Italy
Marco Leonardi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Giancarlo Varacalli, ASI, Italy
Matteo Zanzi, ARCES-University of Bologna, Italy

45
SENECA: Italian Programme For GNSS Introduction In Civil Aviation
Ennio Episcopo, Antonio Salonico, Telespazio, Italy
Orlando Galimberti, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
Franco Romani, Selex Sistemi Integrati, Italy
Bruno Casali, Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Italy
Alessio Di Salvo, ENAV, Italy
Salvatore Viviano, ASI, Italy

62
SynchroNet: a high performance time and frequency distribution system
Franco Gottifredi, Enrico Varriale, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

109
Galileo-PRS: Activities in Italy and in Europe
Raniero Pasquali, Telespazio, Italy

09:00 - 10:30 Room B SESSION 14: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPONENTS II

Chair: Domenico Mignolo, ESA, The Netherlands

86
ACM Technology For Broadband Access and IP Trunking Applications
Guy Verstraeten, Johan De Nolf, Newtec Cy, Belgium

95
Inductive Ku/Ka Bands Double Resonant Elements Frequency Selective Surface
Alessia Colasante, Giancarlo Bellaveglia, Raimondo Loforti, TES, Italy
Davide Ramaccia, Andrea Toscano, University of Rome Three, Roma Tre, Italy

98
Definition, Implementation and Validation of an ASIC for Satellite Terminals Suitable for Athena-Fidus, Emersat and other DVB-Based Systems
Giuseppe Chiassarini, Antonio Vernucci, Eugenio Rossini, F. Richichi, P. Altamura, S. Luperti, Space Engineering, Italy

101
The Electrical Design and Verification of the AlphaSat TDP#5 Antenna Farm
Piero Gabellini, Luciano D'Agristina, Luciano Dicecca, Domenico Di Lanzo, Nicola Gatti, Stefano Falzini, Space Engineering, Italy
Giuseppe Codispoti, ASI, Italy
Jean-Christophe Angevain, ESA, The Nehterlands

102
Recent Advances on Multibeam Antenna based on an Active Aperiodic Lens
Gianfranco Ruggerini, Antonio Levanto, Space Engineering, Italy
Giovanni Toso, Piero Angeletti, ESA, The Netherlands

50
Improving Frequency Recovery In A DVB-RCS Pilotless System
Filippo Di Cecca, Gennaro Gallinaro, Space Engineering, Italy
Paolo Burzigotti, ESA, The Netherlands

11:00 - 12:30 Room A SESSION 15: EARTH OBSERVATION APPLICATIONS II

Chair: Lanfranco Zucconi, Carlo Gavazzi Space, Italy

14
Active Sensing Technology Supporting NASA Earth Science
Robert Bauer, George J. Komar, Amy L. Walton, Philip M. Larkin, NASA Earth Science Technology Office, USA

88
A Study on a South Italy Area by Cosmo Sky-Med Polarimetric Data: From Single to Dual-Pol Data
Angelo Mancini, ASI, Italy

87
Detecting Human Activity with COSMO-Skymed Satellite Constellation
Luca Pietranera, Filippo Britti, Vittorio Gentile, e-GEOS, Italy

24
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Optimizing X band Usage
Howard Garon, Jonathan Gal-Edd, Kenneth Dearth, Victor Sank, NASA / GSFC, USA

97
Toward an Operational Meteorology and Climate Global Service Based on Ground and Space GNSS facilities: The ASI contribution
Francesco Vespe, ASI, Italy

90
Satellite based Maritime Services for Safety, Security and Fisheries
Maria Angelucci, Dino Quattrociocchi, e-GEOS, Italy

11:00 - 12:30 Room B SESSION 16: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPONENTS III

Chair: Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering, Italy

57
Experimental Evaluation of Ka-Band Coherent Transmission Function for JAXA X-Band Deep Space Digital Transponder
Atsushi Tomiki, Daichi Hirahara, Tomoaki Toda, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Tatsuya Ichicawa, Takehiko Kobayashi, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

150
A Ka-Band Translator for Radio-Science Applications
P. Colucci, M. Ziarelli, L. Simone, F. Barletta, O. Cocciolillo, S. Cocchi, F. Diaferia, D. Gelfusa, G. Tatananni, R. Giordani, M. Micaloni, M.G. Campagna, P. Panfili, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

105
High Power Transmitter Technology Choices for Ka Band Broadband Systems
Mike Cascone, Steve Ludvik, CPI SATCOM Division, USA

65
Development of Dual Mode Miniature K-band Low Noise Amplifier
Cedric Chambon, R. Rayet, T. Bonheure, R. Rawson, Callisto Space, France

103
Digital Vector Modulator GaAs MMIC for Phased Array Antennas
Marzia Migliorelli, M. Albertini, A. Catalani, Lino Russo, Space Engineering, Italy
Giovanni Toso, Rolv Midthassel , ESA, The Netherlands

104
Digital Cross-Polar Interference Canceller
Richard Gedney, Bill Thesling, ViaSat, USA

12:30 - 13:00 Room A CLOSING SESSION

Impact of the FCC Broadband Plan on Satellite Communications
 - Roger Rusch, TelAstra, USA

Closing Remarks by:
 - Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant, USA
 - Franco Marconicchio, Space Consultant, Italy

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