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Satellite Telemetry and Return Link (STARLink)The High Altitude Missions Branch of NASA's Ames Research Center has been pursuing methods and communication architectures to decrease processing time and shorten the dissemination paths of the data from scientific experiments on board the high altitude ER-2 aircraft. The Satellite Telemetry and Return Link (STARLink) is an innovative approach for providing real-time data from existing experiments and allows for highly interactive future experiment systems on the ER-2. The concept involves placing an advanced wideband data link system on the ER-2 (and future NASA aircraft) for communicating to the NASA Tracking Data and Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) and its designated ground station. The emphasis is on providing full duplex real-time data between the ground station hub (and its remote nodes) and the on board experiments, allowing real-time processing and alteration to the experiments. This paper defines the concept, goals, multiplexing and data transmission system architecture, current capabilities, and future plans of the STARLink and its ability to provide a distributed interactive gateway node between the aircraft and various scientific centers worldwide.
Document ID
19960022498
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Andrew Roberts
(Ames Research Center Mountain View, California, United States)
Claude Hashem
(Unisys (United States) Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the Fourth International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC 1995)
Publisher: Communications Research Centre Canada
Issue Publication Date: January 1, 1995
ISBN: 9780662230281
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-199955
Meeting Information
Meeting: 4th International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC 1995)
Location: Ottawa
Country: CA
Start Date: June 6, 1995
End Date: June 8, 1995
Sponsors: Communications Research Centre Canada, Jet Propulsion Lab
Accession Number
96N25452
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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