AUGMENTED SATELLITE CONTROL FACILITY SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
Abstract
The description of the Augmented Satellite Control Facility (SCF) is approached from two points of view: first, the equipment subsystems are described in terms of their capabilities, functions, and primary usages; second, the principal activities performed by the SCF; i.e., telemetry, tracking, commanding, and scheduling are explained in such a way that the previously described equipments are tied together into systems, with emphasis on the functional aspects of SCF operations. The SCF is composed of a central control station called the Satellite Test Center (STC) and six remote tracking stations, three of have limited dual capability. The STC is equipped to support six satellites simultaneously. Its data processing subsystems are divided into two main functional groupings: one, the 'Bird Buffer complex,' is vehicle oriented, and has eight CDC 160A computers, each of which can be individually as signed to an active satellite as a buffer; the other grouping is the off-line-computer complex, which uses four CDC 1604 computers to do the main computational chores for the system. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0404800
Entities
People
- S. Weems
Organizations
- System Development Corporation