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TRW is moving ahead with the design and development of a deployable AstroMesh reflector for Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) of Japan's MBSAT geostationary satellite under a contract from Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications. MBSAT will provide digital multimedia information services such as CD-quality audio, MPEG-4 video and data to mobile users throughout Japan and Korea equipped with receivers in cars, ships, trains, handheld terminals, cellular phones and home portables. TRW's 12-meter, S-band AstroMesh reflector will be integrated onto Loral's 1300 spacecraft bus to transmit the MBC programming. MBC's service is scheduled to become operational in early 2004. "Space-based digital audio and video services are fast becoming a reality throughout the world," said Chris Yamada, president, TRW Astro Aerospace. "We're pleased to be a part of this forward-looking project. We believe our reflector will help to provide high quality services to MBSAT's customers." Reflectors are a key component of an antenna, reflecting radio frequency energy and focusing it into a pattern on the ground. TRW's AstroMesh reflectors provide accurate surfaces that enhance ground performance in a lightweight package. An AstroMesh reflector aboard the Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company spacecraft has been operational for nearly twelve months; TRW is currently building AstroMesh reflectors for the INMARSAT-4 broadband system. TRW Astro Aerospace designs and manufactures space deployable structures, including truss masts, telescopic booms, storable tubular extendible members, solar arrays and deep truss structures. Related Links TRW SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
New Record Set For Satellite DSP
Fishkill - July 15, 2001Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), and IBM today announced they have created the world's most powerful satellite-based digital signal processor, designed to make space-borne wireless communications available to a wide audience of users. TRW Ships AstroMesh Reflector Antenna To Hughes 
Redondo beach - June 29, 2000 TRW Inc. has delivered to Hughes Space and Communications Co. the third in a series of four large, lightweight, deployable reflectors designed to serve as an antenna for high-power spacecraft communications systems. |
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