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New directions in space electronicsFive new directions in space electronics are defined to yield improvements over present means: automated operations aimed at a tenfold reduction in mission support costs, precision pointing and control, efficient data acquisition to permit the tenfold increase in information collection needed for global coverage, real-time data management, and low-cost data distribution to allow a thousand-fold increase in information availability and space-systems effectiveness. Technological developments and resources for each of the new directions are derived from space-technology and space-theme workshops. One to two order of magnitude improvements in instrument pointing stability will be necessary for Shuttle and planetary payloads of the 1980s. Low-cost user terminals will involve technological addressing both near-term and long-term applications. NASA has reoriented its research and technology-base programs to support the goals represented by the new directions in space electronics. Numerous charts and schematic diagrams supplement the text.
Document ID
19770038902
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kurzhals, P. R.
(NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, Guidance, Control, and Information Systems Div., Washington D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: Astronautics and Aeronautics
Volume: 15
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Accession Number
77A21754
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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