Title :
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
fDate :
29 Nov-2 Dec 1993
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1993.318220
