Military Space Operations: Use of Mobile Ground Stations in Satellite Control

Abstract

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined: (1) how mobile ground stations fit into the Air Force's overall satellite control architecture; (2) how many stations exist and are planned; (3) station costs by program element and appropriation account; and (4) how much the Department of Defense (DOD) budgeted in fiscal year (FY) 1990 for mobile ground stations

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1989
Accession Number
AD1151914

Entities

People

  • Joseph Malloy
  • Larry Bridges
  • Michael Blair
  • Rae Donaldson
  • Samuel W. Bowlin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Colorado
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Stations
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Operations
  • Space Systems
  • Stations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites