Pallada and Radiobook
Two other, less defined and less likely to emerge, concepts are Pallada and Radiobook. The former network has been devised by the Moscow Radiocommunication Research Institute for regional, i.e., CIS, communications services, including voice, telegraph, fax, and data transmissions. The constellation of 36 spacecraft would orbit the Earth at an altitude of 1,640 km at an inclination of 63 degrees and would employ C-band channels (Reference 281). The Radiobook, on the other hand, would utilize from 24 to 36 micro-satellites (10 kg or less) for a packet radio network which could be launched with much smaller boosters, including air-launched missiles. The principal applications would be e-mail and limited, non-realtime personal communications (Reference 282).
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