Military Satellite Communications

MILSATCOM

© Brooke Clarke 2000 - 2007


UHF Satellite Frequency Plan


The Downlink frequency is in the 240 to 270 MHz range with the associated uplink at +33.6, 41, 73.1, 53.6 or 41 MHz above the down link.
Sometimes the uplink is in the 7.9 to 8.4 GHz band.  This places the uplinks somewhere in the 292 to 317 MHz range.

Note that the 225 to 400 MHz frequency range is for military use, not just for satellites.
 

The actual Satellite DL frequencies rounded to the nearest whole MHz are:
 
 
 
  
243
244
 
 
 
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
 
260
261
262
263
 
265
266
267
268
269

and the corresponding UL frequencies are:
 
     
316
317
317
      
302
302
SHF
292
293
294
307
296
297
311
299
  
293
294
295
295
296
297
  
306
307
308
309
 310

UHF Follow On

MIL-STD-188-181 may be a recerence document.
There are 10 Geostationary Satellites located at:
F1 - 40 W, Altantic Rim, ustable and not used
F2 = 65 E,  Europe, Russia, China, some of Austraila
F3 = 15 W,  Eastern US
F4 = 157 W,  all of U.S.
F5 = 73 E, Eorope, Russia, China, all of Austraila
F6 = 107 W, all of U.S.
F7 = 100 W, all of U.S.
F8 = 175E, Pacific Rim
F9 = 145 W, Western side of Pacific Rim
F10 = Europe

Fleet Satellite Communications (FLTSATCOM)

FM 24-11 is a reference document.
There are 5 Geostationary Satellites located at:
FLTSATCOM 1  = 52 E, Europe
FLTSATCOM 4 = 170 E, Pacific Rim
FLTSATCOM 5 = 95 W, Americas
FLTSATCOM 7 = 114W, Americas (centered on the US)
FLTSATCOM 8 = 25 W, Atlantic Rim
 

Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) (Say "Disk-us")

I worked for TRW Microwave in Sunnyvale, CA and we made components for TRW Rendondo Beach, CA who built the birds.

Military Aircraft

Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF®) -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
232
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
258
 
 
 
 
263
 
 
 
 
268
 
270
 
 
273
 
275
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
297
298
299
300
 
 
 
 304
305
 
307
 
 
 
311
 
 
 
 
 
 
318
 
 
 
 
 
324
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 333
 
 
335
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
343
 344
 
 
 
348
349
 
 
 
 
354
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
362
 
364
 
 
 
368
 
 
371
 372
 
 
375
 
 
378
379
380
381
 
 
 
385
 
387
 
  

The 290 to 310 band has some intercepts from the MILCOM mailing list that may be sats rather than aircraft.
Maybe the aircraft band is 311 to 389?

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