NASA Propagation Studies Status

Nasser Golshan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology

The Propagation Program and Industry

Faramaz Davarian, Hughes Space & Communications

**Session 1. ACTS Propagation Study Results and Outcomes**

Chair: L. Ippolito, Stanford Telecom

Five Years of ACTS Propagation Studies in Alaska
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Charlie Mayer, Brad Jaeger, and Dae Hong Kim, University of Alaska,
Fairbanks

Analysis of Four Years of ACTS Propagation Measurements in British
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Cesar Amaya, Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada

Florida Propagation Studies
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59

Henry Helmken, Florida Atlantic University, and Rudolf Henning,
University of South

Florida

Ka-Band Propagation Studies Using the ACTS Propagation Terminal and the
CSU-

CHILL Multiparameter Radar
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.65

V. Chandrasekar, V. N. Bringi, and John Beaver, Colorado State
University

New Mexico APT Status
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Stephen Horan, A. Borsholm, and X. Tang, New Mexico State University

. . ACS/STel Depolarization Experiment.
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**.123**

Cynthia Grinder, Stanford Telecom

Five Years of the ACTS Propagation Experiment: Observations and Model
Predictions \...\...\...\...\.... 137

Robert K. Crane, University of Oklahoma, and David Rogers,
Communications Research

Centre, Ottawa, Canada

ACTS Propagation Database: 5-Year Data CDs
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145

David B. Westenhaver, Westenhaver Wizard Works, Inc.

**Session 2. Ka-Band Propagation Studies and Models**
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Chair: W. Vogel, University of Texas at Austin

Joint Attenuation - Rain Rate Statistics
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Robert K. Crane, University of Oklahoma, and David Rogers,
Communications Research

Centre, Ottawa, Canada

ACTS Propagation Measurements Program: Five Year Data Analysis *Summary*
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Cynthia Grinder, Jennifer Pinder, Louis J. Ippolito, Stephen Horan, and
Atle Borsholm,

Stanford Telecom/New Mexico State University

Ka-Band Propagation Measurements and Modeling
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**175**

Asoka W. Dissanayake, COMSAT Laboratories

Fade Duration Distributions Derived from the ACTS Radiometer Data
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K. **S.** McCormick, Larus Technologies Corp., and D. V. Rogers.
Communications

Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada

A Matlab Program for Predicting the Antenna Wetting Effects for the ACTS
1.2-meter

Atle Borsholm and Stephen Horan, New Mexico State University

Antenna .207
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Development of Elevation Angle PDFs for Nongeostationary Satellite
Constellations \...\...\...\...\...\..... 223

Xueyuan Tang and Stephen Horan, New Mexico State University

**Session 3. Propagation Research Topics**
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245

Chair: J. Goldhirsh, Johns Hopkins University

Handbook of Propagation Effects for Vehicular and Personal Mobile
Satellite Systems \...\...\...\...\..... 247

Julius Goldhirsh, Johns Hopkins University, and Wolfhard J. Vogel,
University of Texas

at Austin

NASA Plans for Two New Propagation Handbooks: "Propagation Effects for

Communications on and around Mars" and "Propagation Effects for Optical

Communications"
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255

Nasser Golshan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology

Highlights of Part I: Propagation through Mars Environment
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259

Christian Ho and Nasser Golshan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of

Technology

Propagation Effects Handbook for Communications On and Around Mars
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Julius Goldhirsh, Johns Hopkins University, and Wolfhard J. Vogel,
University of Texas

at Austin

Mars Global Surveyor Ka-Band Link Experiment Results
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**295**

David Morabito, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology

Propagation Effects of Importance to the NASALJPL Deep Space Network
(DSN) \...\...\...\...\...\...\...\.... 303

Steve Slobin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology

A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Interference Effect from Multiple HDFS

Transmitters above 3 0 GHz
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Christian Ho, Miles Sue, and Charles Ruggier, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California

Institute of Technology

*QNIW* Band Study
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343

Jennifer Pinder and Glenn Feldhake, Stanford Telecom

Report of NAPEX XXIII Technical Discussions
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377

D. Rogers, Communications Research Centre, Canada, and W. Vogel,
University of

Texas at Austin

**APPENDIXES**

NAPEX XXIII MEETING AND ACTS PROPAGATION WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
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