METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE USEFUL LOAD OF A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the payload of a multibeam telecommunication satellite. This type of satellite allows the use of multiple antenna beams on board the satellite to cover contiguous geographical areas, instead of a single wide beam. The method according to the invention advantageously uses the sharing of an amplification unit such as a traveling wave tube TWTA between several beams.