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Integrated Network Architecture for Sustained Human and Robotic ExplorationThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Exploration Systems Enterprise is planning a series of human and robotic missions to the Earth's moon and to Mars. These missions will require communication and navigation services. This paper1 sets forth presumed requirements for such services and concepts for lunar and Mars telecommunications network architectures to satisfy the presumed requirements. The paper suggests that an inexpensive ground network would suffice for missions to the near-side of the moon. A constellation of three Lunar Telecommunications Orbiters connected to an inexpensive ground network could provide continuous redundant links to a polar lunar base and its vicinity. For human and robotic missions to Mars, a pair of areostationary satellites could provide continuous redundant links between Earth and a mid-latitude Mars base in conjunction with the Deep Space Network augmented by large arrays of 12-m antennas on Earth.
Document ID
20080008576
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Noreen, Gary
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cesarone, Robert
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Deutsch, Leslie
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Edwards, Charles
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Soloff, Jason
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ely, Todd
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cook, Brian
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Morabito, David
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hemmati, Hamid
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Piazolla, Sabino
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hastrup, Rolf
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Abraham, Douglas
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Miles, Sue
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Manshadi, Farzin
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
March 5, 2005
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
IEEEAC Paper I378
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 5, 2005
End Date: March 12, 2005
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
robotics
sustained exploration
network architecture

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