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The Space Shuttle Orbiter Communication and Tracking System
| dc.contributor.author | Carrier, Louis M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pope, Warren S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-19T22:16:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-19T22:16:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1978-11 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0884-5123 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0074-9079 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/609901 | |
| dc.description | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / November 14-16, 1978 / Hyatt House Hotel, Los Angeles, California | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | During space flight, the communications and tracking system of the Space Shuttle orbiter uses S- and Ku-band links to provide tracking; reception of digitized voice, commands, and printed or diagramatic data at a maximum rate of 216 kilobits a second; and transmission of digitized voice, telemetry, television, and data at a maximum rate of 50 megabits a second. S-band links may be established directly with a ground station and both S- and Ku-band links may be routed through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System A simultaneous capability to communicate with other satellites or spacecraft, using a variety of formats and modulation techniques on more than 850 S-band channels, is provided. UHF is used for communication with extravehicular astronauts. Audio and television subsystems serve on-board needs as well as interfacing with the RF equipment. During aerodynamic flight following entry, a UHF link provides two-way simplex voice communication with Air Traffic Control facilities. Air navigation aids include TACAN, a microwave scan-beam landing system and radar altimeters. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.telemetry.org/ | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | The Space Shuttle Orbiter Communication and Tracking System | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Proceedings | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Rockwell International | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings | en |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | Proceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection. | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-09-11T10:36:44Z | |
| html.description.abstract | During space flight, the communications and tracking system of the Space Shuttle orbiter uses S- and Ku-band links to provide tracking; reception of digitized voice, commands, and printed or diagramatic data at a maximum rate of 216 kilobits a second; and transmission of digitized voice, telemetry, television, and data at a maximum rate of 50 megabits a second. S-band links may be established directly with a ground station and both S- and Ku-band links may be routed through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System A simultaneous capability to communicate with other satellites or spacecraft, using a variety of formats and modulation techniques on more than 850 S-band channels, is provided. UHF is used for communication with extravehicular astronauts. Audio and television subsystems serve on-board needs as well as interfacing with the RF equipment. During aerodynamic flight following entry, a UHF link provides two-way simplex voice communication with Air Traffic Control facilities. Air navigation aids include TACAN, a microwave scan-beam landing system and radar altimeters. |
