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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Jerome Tronc, Saint Jean, FR;
Laurent Bouscary, Sainte Foy d'Aigrefeuille, FR;
Jerome Tronc, Saint Jean, FR;
Laurent Bouscary, Sainte Foy d'Aigrefeuille, FR;
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, Les Mureaux, FR;
Abstract
A multi-beam telecommunications satellite, intended to be placed in orbit around the earth, and adapted to relay data between terrestrial terminals and at least one ground station and to form beams on a user link between the satellite and terrestrial terminals, includes a module for forming beams on board in the satellite, a module for processing beams in the ground station, and a module for routing signals received from the ground station and/or from terrestrial terminals, signals of beams formed on board being routed towards the on-board beam forming module, and signals of ground-formed beams being routed towards the ground-formed beam processing module. A telecommunications system including the multi-beam satellite, a ground station and a beam management center adapted to divide the beams into one group of ground-formed beams and one group of beams formed on board, as well as a method for forming beams are disclosed.