Previously and currently planned methods of transferring or relaying telemetered information from a remote receiving station to the Mission Control Center, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, are discussed. The data flow techniques of the Apollo Program (fixed formats), the Skylab Program (data compression), and the Space Shuttle Program (data throughput) are defined and analyzed according to their advantages and deficiencies from an operations viewpoint. Excluded from the data flow technique discussions are command data, tracking data, television data, and Teletype and Datafax messages. Voice transmissions are addressed in the Space Shuttle Program discussion because they form a part of the telemetry data stream. The tradeoffs between actual data flow requirements and existing communications limitations are addressed for each of these programs. Finally, a short discussion of current problem areas in the planned ground data transmission system for the Space Shuttle Program is presented.
Telemetry and data relay for manned space programs
1977-04-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
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