SPREE Interactive Data Analysis Tool (SIDAT)

Abstract

The SPREE Interactive Data Analysis Tool (SIDAT) is a collection of user-friendly display processes for performing real-time and postflight analysis of data from the Shuttle Potential and Return Electron Experiment (SPREE). SPREE was used to study the effects of a potential being induced between a tethered satellite and the Shuttle by the motion of the conductive tether across the Earth's magnetic field lines. Full-color raster graphics and text displays were used for the data presentation, utilizing the X11 and XView X Window System libraries. The SIDAT data display processes allowed the SPREE data and other related data to be viewed in a variety of formats simultaneously. During flight, SIDAT displayed the current or previously captured real-time SPREE telemetry data. SIDAT postflight operations allow the user to perform rapid data survey for analysis. The user specified the times for data survey, displaying either the captured real-time SPREE telemetry data or the SPREE data archived by the Flight Data Recorders.... Tethered satellite, SPREE, Real-time data acquisition, X-Windows graphics, Interprocess communication, Data survey, Real-time data analysis, Postflight data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262782

Entities

People

  • C. Roth
  • N. A. Bonito

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Displays
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Flight Recorders
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Operating Systems
  • Orbital Elements
  • Statistical Data
  • Three Dimensional
  • User Interface

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space