Dynamic environment communications analysis testbed (DECAT) and its applications to Space Station Freedom

Author

Hood, Laura E. ; Kroll, Q.D., Jr. ; Adkins, Antha A.

Author_Institution

NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1993

Firstpage

961

Abstract

The Communication System Simulation Laboratory (CSSL) at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Johnson Space Center (JSC) provides a facility for analyzing and simulating space communication systems. The CSSL has simulation tools that model NASA communication systems and the environment in which they operate. One of these tools is a radio frequency coverage analysis tool called the dynamic environment communications analysis testbed (DECAT). The paper focuses on DECAT and its applications to Space Station Freedom (SSF)

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aerospace test facilities; satellite antennas; satellite links; space communication links; space vehicles; Communication System Simulation Laboratory; DECAT; Space Station Freedom; dynamic environment communications analysis testbed; radio frequency coverage analysis tool; simulation tools; space communication system; Analytical models; Earth; Graphical user interfaces; NASA; Orbital calculations; Radio frequency; Space stations; Sun; Testing; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1993, including a Communications Theory Mini-Conference. Technical Program Conference Record, IEEE in Houston. GLOBECOM '93., IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0917-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1993.318220

Filename

318220