Modeling the European Space Agency´s S/X-band tracking network

Author

De Gaudenzi, Riccardo ; Vassallo, Enrico

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

11

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

359

Lastpage

366

Abstract

The tool used to simulate the European State Agency´s (ESA´s) S/X-band Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) Ground Stations Network ground and space segments is discussed. The building blocks it is made of and the various modulation and code schemes it encompasses are described. A detailed description of how the ESA standard tracking system is simulated in order to evaluate its impact on the telecommand and telemetry channel performance and to determine the tracking performance as well is given. A selected sample of both measurement and simulation results is presented

Keywords

satellite ground stations; satellite relay systems; space communication links; telecommunications computing; telemetering systems; tracking systems; ESA; European Space Agency; Ground Stations Network; S/X-band; TT&C Network; Telemetry Tracking and Command Network; code schemes; modulation; simulation results; telecommand; telemetry channel performance; tracking system; Hardware; Performance evaluation; Phase modulation; Satellite ground stations; Space stations; Space technology; Space vehicles; System testing; Telecommunication standards; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.219551

Filename

219551