METHOD FOR MULTIBEAM COVERAGE BY THE GROUPING OF ELEMENTARY BEAMS OF THE SAME COLOUR, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD

摘要

Method for multibeam coverage of a region of the surface of the Earthcomprising:- the generation, by a telecommunications payload embedded on a satellite,of a plurality of radiofrequency beams, called elementary beams (FE1, FE2,FE4);- the formation of a plurality of radiofrequency beams, called compositebeams (FC"), exhibiting footprints on the ground of different sizes, each saidcomposite beam being obtained by the grouping of one or more elementarybeams; and- thetransmission or the reception of data through said composite beams,identical data being transmitted or received through all the elementary beamsforming one and the same composite beam.