SMALL SATELLITE ACCESS OF THE SPACE NETWORK
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 17-20, 1994 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California === Small satellites have been perceived as having limited access to NASA's Space Network consisting of the TDR satellites and associated ground termi...
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International Foundation for Telemetering
1994
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/608563 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/608563 |
| Summary: | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 17-20, 1994 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California === Small satellites have been perceived as having limited access to NASA's Space
Network consisting of the TDR satellites and associated ground terminals. This paper
presents the potential for access of the space network using basic small satellite design
constraints and a simple helical antenna for the communications links. From the
analysis derived through simulation of the orbit of both satellites, small satellites can
be shown to have up to 30 minutes per orbit of single-TDRS access. Data rates on the
order of 100 kbps are possible in this configuration with total daily data volumes in
excess of 100 Mbits being achievable. Design parameters are given for a variety of
orbital inclination angles and spacecraft transmission powers to illustrate the expected
available contact time for such small satellites to the Space Network. This is
compared with typical access time through a fixed ground station. |
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