SEASAT-A: An Experiment in End-to-End Information System Design
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / November 14-16, 1978 / Hyatt House Hotel, Los Angeles, California === The SEASAT-A ocean dynamics monitoring satellite was designed with a keen awareness of the problems of handling huge volumes of data from an Earth-orbiting applications mission....
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International Foundation for Telemetering
1978
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/609964 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/609964 |
| Summary: | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / November 14-16, 1978 / Hyatt House Hotel, Los Angeles, California === The SEASAT-A ocean dynamics monitoring satellite was designed with a keen awareness of the problems of handling huge volumes of data from an Earth-orbiting applications mission. An "End-to-End" approach to the entire information system was adopted very early in the life of the Project. Some innovations introduced include the provision of a "Packet Telemetry" system which is very similar to the NEEDS program objectives, and the incorporation of an adjustable satellite clock which directly time-tags the sensor data in GMT. This paper will review the mission and information system performance, and will summarize lessons learned from the experiment in system design. |
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