The company has stated that the proximity of the satellites and their use of the Ka band will mean strong performance.

The radio-command for them is provided on a broadcast data-link (Ka Band).

It can point 19 individual beams at different points on the Earth, operating at x band and ka band frequencies.

Site diversity is a technique to limit the effect of rain fade in satellite communications, mainly in the Ka band.

So some manufacturers of police radar equipment are switching to units that use the broader Ka band, which gives a choice of frequencies.

The satellite has four footprints and broadcasts on both Ka band and Ku band.

Satellites communicate with neighboring satellites via Ka band intersatellite links to relay communications to and from ground stations.

Commercial satellite builders do have some interest in the Ka band, but not where ACTS is testing it, 22,300 miles above Earth.

New VSAT systems are coming online using Ka band technology that promise higher bandwidth rates for lower costs.

The satellites' uplinks operate in the Q band, while their downlinks operate within the Ka band.

Astra 1K also featured multiple Ka Band capabilities, originally intended to provide an upload path for satellite internet services.

The onboard antennas were capable of broadcasting in the C, Ku, L, and Ka bands.

Because the Ka band is wide, the device's frequency can be readjusted if detector manufacturers lock onto it, Mr. Mead said.

What NASA envisioned was a satellite operating in the Ka band, at 20 gigahertz and 30 gigahertz.

However, with targeted spot Ku or Ka band downlinks these code rates may be recommended to prevent out-of-region viewing for copyright or cultural reasons.

ARINC 791 defines Ku and Ka band satellite data airborne terminal equipment.

The KA band system uses 'Spot Beams' to manage bandwidth concerns, linking to multiple satellite ground stations connected to the Internet.

Radar altimeters normally work in the E band, Ka band, or, for more advanced sea-level measurement, S band.

GAGAN consisted of a Ka band bent pipe transponder and a regenerative transponder.

Thus, Motorola, which has no experience building whole satellites, is eyeing the Ka band for operating some aspects of its proposed Iridium system of global wireless telephony.

At least a Ka band LNB, dish and DVB-S2 receiver will be required to receive Saorsat.

Satellite communications on the Ka band (19/29 GHz) can use special techniques such as large rain margins, adaptive uplink power control and reduced bit rates during precipitation.

It carries sixty Ka band (NATO K band) transponders which will be used to cover North America.

This is a problem with services such as Dish Network and DirecTV satellite providers since they re-uplink on Ku and Ka bands.

Upon reaching its terminal homing phase, the Ka band active radar seeker in the nose of the PAC-3 missile acquires the inbound ballistic missile.