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X-33 Telemetry Best Source Selection, Processing, Display, and Simulation Model ComparisonThe X-33 program requires the use of multiple telemetry ground stations to cover the launch, ascent, transition, descent, and approach phases for the flights from Edwards AFB to landings at Dugway Proving Grounds, UT and Malmstrom AFB, MT. This paper will discuss the X-33 telemetry requirements and design, including information on fixed and mobile telemetry systems, best source selection, and support for Range Safety Officers. A best source selection system will be utilized to automatically determine the best source based on the frame synchronization status of the incoming telemetry streams. These systems will be used to select the best source at the landing sites and at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to determine the overall best source between the launch site, intermediate sites, and landing site sources. The best source at the landing sites will be decommutated to display critical flight safety parameters for the Range Safety Officers. The overall best source will be sent to the Lockheed Martin's Operational Control Center at Edwards AFB for performance monitoring by X-33 program personnel and for monitoring of critical flight safety parameters by the primary Range Safety Officer. The real-time telemetry data (received signal strength, etc.) from each of the primary ground stations will also be compared during each nu'ssion with simulation data generated using the Dynamic Ground Station Analysis software program. An overall assessment of the accuracy of the model will occur after each mission. Acknowledgment: The work described in this paper was NASA supported through cooperative agreement NCC8-115 with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
Document ID
19990076703
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Burkes, Darryl A.
(Lockheed Martin Corp. Edwards AFB, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Meeting Information
Meeting: Telementry
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: October 26, 1998
End Date: October 29, 1998
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC8-115
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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