AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LABORATORY PORTABLE PCM GROUND STATION

• Main Authors: Shaw, Harold, Lawrence, Francis A.
• Other Authors: New Mexico State University
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1985
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615726; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/615726

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1985 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada === In early 1981, the Physical Science Laboratory (PSL) was tasked by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL) to develop a portable Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM) telemetry station that would acquire and support the higher PCM data rates from Ariestype rocket payloads. The station would have to provide real-time and near real-time calibration, prelaunch and launch test support to AFGL researchers involved in space vehicle probe analysis. The station would also have to utilize a flexible software system, transportable hardware, and be easily expanded to meet the continually growing and varied needs of the researchers.