HIGH THROUGHPUT SATELLITES (HTS)

Dec. 10, 2018

Recently, ISRO launched GSAT-11. Along with GSAT-19 and GSAT-29, it forms an Indian group of high-throughput satellites (HTSs).

About:

  • Significance: HTS has the potential to transform the role of satellite communications in both commercial and government networksA high throughput satellite (HTS) is a satellite that has many times the throughput of a traditional Fixed-satellite service (FSS) using the same amount of allocated frequency on orbit.

  • Underlying principle: These satellites accomplish this by taking advantage of frequency reuse and spot beams. By doing so, they reduce the cost per bit delivered, regardless of spectrum choice.

Source : The Hindu

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