Satellite TT and C for Cubesats-with Applications for Grissom-1

Abstract

This thesis describes the assessment and analysis performed to characterize the communication subsystem used for command and telemetry transmission in support of the Grissom-1 Mission (GMl). The GMl is unique in that it represents the pathfinder for a standardized 6U bus that serves as the basis for future CubeSat missions to host a variety of technical and scientific payloads, as prioritized by the Department of Defense, requiring flight demonstration or access to the orbital environment. Lab-based testing within an anechoic chamber provided link margin data required to characterize the command and telemetry links of the GMl. Experimental data describing the results of each test are also included. The research culminates in a full characterization of the software-defined radio, an analysis of the GMl to MC3 communication interaction, and any limitations revealed as attributable to the 6U spacecraft. Collected data supports an analysis of the limitations inherent to the current GMl communications subsystem configuration as operated at a variety of orbital distances plus recommended augmentations to the MC3 network to support those distances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2022
Accession Number
AD1175507

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Bittle

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Absorption
  • Anechoic Chambers
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Orbits
  • Engineering
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Radio Frequency
  • Signal Generators
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Space Force
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Telemetry
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites