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The case for deep space telecommunications relay stations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Chandler, Charles W. Miranda, Felix A. Technical Monitor |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Each future mission to Jupiter and beyond must carry the traditional suite of telecommunications systems for command and control and for mission data transmission to earth. The telecommunications hardware includes the large antenna and the high-power transmitters that enable the communications link. Yet future spacecraft will be scaled down from the hallmark missions of Galileo and Cassini to Jupiter and Saturn, respectively. This implies that a higher percentage of the spacecraft weight and power must be dedicated to telecommunications system. The following analysis quantifies this impact to future missions and then explores the merits of an alternative approach using deep space relay stations for the link back to earth. It will be demonstrated that a telecommunications relay satellite would reduce S/C telecommunications weight and power sufficiently to add one to two more instruments. |
| File Size | 595788 |
| Page Count | 22 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20040066071 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1gj4fr6k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking Data Links Relay Satellites Space Missions Deep Space Command and Control Data Transmission Reflector Antennas Telecommunication Large Space Structures Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
