To execute the President's Vision for Space Exploration, the Constellation Program (CxP) was formed to build the next generation spacecraft Orion and launch vehicles Ares, to transport human and cargo to International Space Station (ISS), moon, and Mars. This paper focuses on the detailed link analysis for Orion/Ares s launch and ascent links with Wallops 11.3m antenna (1) Orion's Dissimilar Voice link: 10.24 Kbps, 2-way (2) Ares Developmental Flight Instrument link, 20 Mbps, downlink. Three launch trajectories are considered: TD7-E, F (Feb), and G (Aug). In certain launch scenarios, the critical events of main engine cutoff (MECO) and Separation occur during the low elevation regime of WFF s downrange -- less than 5 degree elevation angle. The goal of the study is to access if there is enough link margins for WFF to track the DV and DFI links.


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    Title :

    Wallops Low Elevation Link Analysis for the Constellation Launch/Ascent Links


    Contributors:
    Cheung, Keith (author) / Ho, C. (author) / Kantak, A. (author) / Lee, C. (author) / Tye, R. (author) / Richards, E. (author) / Sham, C. (author) / Schlesinger, A. (author) / Barritt, B. (author)

    Conference:

    IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2011 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2011-03-07


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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