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Consolidation of NASA tracking stations into a single ground network in the TDRSS eraNASA has operated two separate worldwide ground-based tracking and data acquisition networks for support of its various missions. The Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network (STDN) has provided support to all NASA earth orbiting spacecraft. The Deep Space Network (DSN) supports almost exclusively those unmanned exploratory spacecraft which have been sent far from earth. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), which is conceptually a part of the STDN, will soon be added to the first two networks. The TDRSS will consist of two geosynchronous satellites together with a single ground terminal in White Sands, New Mexico. The TDRSS was conceived as a means of providing improved tracking and data relay service for a large class of the earth orbiting satellites. An investigation was conducted with the objective to reduce the costs of providing support to those spacecraft which were not TDRS-compatible. It was recommended that the core sites of the Ground segment of the STDN (GSTDN) be consolidated into the DSN
Document ID
19820033776
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Layland, J. W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Mcclure, D. H.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Yeater, M. L.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Meeting Information
Meeting: Space tracking and data systems
Location: Arlington, VA
Start Date: June 16, 1981
End Date: June 18, 1981
Accession Number
82A17311
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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