Space Based Range
Abstract
Space Based Range is a joint partnership executed/managed by Space Development Agency (SDA) and supported by OSD Test Resource Management Center (TMRC), and Army Futures Command. This project will provide a four space vehicle demonstration for continuous real-time monitoring of telemetry data transmitted by Test Vehicles (missiles or interceptors) during flight testing. Payloads onboard the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will collect the upward radiating emission from test vehicles (TV) during flight. Data on a collecting host satellite will be transmitted rapidly to other satellites by Optical Inter-Satellite Links. A ground station will forward the data to a Space Based Range Operations Center where the data will be decrypted, assembled from the independent receiver streams into a coherent data stream, re-encrypted, and distributed to the end user. Space Based Range will demonstrate the ability to augment or replace DoD's decades-long approach of staging ships and airplanes along ground tracks of TV of the System Under Test (SUT) for the purpose of telemetry collection, tracking, and flight safety. This Space Based Range demonstration project will leverage previously funded OSD Test Resources Management Center (TRMC) investments for payload design. This project will also consider other missions of opportunity to enhance Joint Warfighter capabilities in LEO.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 197c1ec94a56908ead88e1389171d55e