DocumentCode
980413
Title
Space shuttle communications and tracking system
Author
Tu, Kwei ; Johnson, John H. ; Teasdale, William E. ; Cravey, Donald N. ; Kuo, Yeng S. ; Harton, Paul L. ; Loh, Yin-Chung
Author_Institution
Lockheed Engineering and Services Management Company, Houston, TX
Volume
75
Issue
3
fYear
1987
fDate
3/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
356
Lastpage
370
Abstract
This paper is intended to provide a comprehensive description of the Space Shuttle communications and tracking system design, development, and system operations. Areas of special innovative communications techniques implemented by the Space Shuttle such as source encoding, channel encoding, spread spectrum, and digital modulation are emphasized. In addition, the role of the Electronics Systems Test Laboratory in the development of the system is discussed.
Keywords
Doppler radar; Electronic equipment testing; Force control; NASA; Payloads; Radar tracking; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Space shuttles;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1987.13742
Filename
1458009
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