Satellite communication station for Ka and Q-bands

Abstract The article reveals the features of the organization of satellite communication systems in the remote and northern territories of Russia. The importance of providing broadband access to multimedia resources and the Internet is shown. The problems of development of an earth station of satellite communication Ka and Q-bands, providing broadband communication, are considered. Its architecture and operating principles are presented. To ensure the possibility of operation of the station in two frequency ranges, replaceable irradiation systems with a microwave path are used. The features of their manufacture are disclosed in detail. The results of experimental studies of irradiating systems with a microwave path are presented. The gain of the irradiating system with a microwave path of the Q-band in the composition with a parabolic mirror with a diameter of 1.2 m was 51.8 dB at the transmission frequencies, and 45 dB at the receiving frequencies. The gain of the irradiating system with the Ka-band microwave path was 47.8 dB at the transmission frequencies and 43.8 dB at the receiving frequencies. Thus, the use of the proposed earth station of satellite communication Ka and Q-bands will allow organizing satellite broadband communication in remote and northern territories of Russia.