Project Cancelled - Licence returned
Odyssey
The Odyssey Project uses 12 satellites to bring wireless cellular telephony to the "populated land masses". The Odyssey satellites orbit at 10,354 Kilometers above the Earth and use seven ground stations to manage the network.
Odyssey was developed by TRW, Inc. and Teleglobe Inc. It received a FCC license in January 1995.
Timeline
1992 - Mobile Uplinks ( L Band) and Downlink (S-Band) frequencies allocated at WARC 1992
1995 - US FCC Licence awarded January 1995. Ka-band feederlink spectrum authorized at WRC 1995
2000- Global phone service projected.
Statistics
| Satellites | 12 |
| Cost per Sat | $159 million |
| Altitude | 10.354 km |
| Planes | 3 |
| Orbit | Circular |
| Mobile MHz | 1600/2500 |
| Ground MHz | Ka Band |
| Channels/sat | 2,300 |
| Min El Angle | 22o |
| Stabilization | 3 Axis |
| Weight | 2,703 lbs |
| Antenna | Rigid Beam Staring |
| >25o Vis | 98.5% |
Further Information
Web Site: http://www.trw.com/seg/sats/ODY.html
- Odyssey Telecommunications International, Inc.
- One Space Park,
- Redondo Beach, CA 90278
- Tel: (310) 814-8888
- Fax: (310) 814-1400