• DocumentCode
    752867
  • Title

    Space Shuttle Payloads and Data Handling Accommodations

  • Author

    Teasdale, William E.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA, Houston, TX
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    11/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1557
  • Lastpage
    1567
  • Abstract
    This paper provides an overview of the various classes of candidate payloads to be flown on early Shuttle missions and summarizes the communications and data handling services which the Space Shuttle will provide for payloads. The Space Shuttle system mission capabilities are briefly described and data processing capabilities for payload support are discussed for the various classes of payloads.
  • Keywords
    Astronomical satellites; Earth remote sensing; Satellite applications, measurement; Satellite telemetry; Space Shuttle; Costs; Data handling; Earth; Payloads; Rockets; Satellites; Sociotechnical systems; Space shuttles; Space vehicles; Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1978.1094033
  • Filename
    1094033