Communication coverage and cost of the deep space network for a Mars manned flyby mission

Author

Krikorian, Yogi Y. ; Emmons, Debra L. ; McVey, John P.

Author_Institution

Aerosp. Corp., Dept. of Commun. Syst. Eng., Los Angeles, CA

fYear

2005

fDate

5-12 March 2005

Firstpage

1670

Lastpage

1677

Abstract

An analysis and results are presented in this paper for the amount of usage and communications cost of the deep space network (DSN) for a Mars manned flyby mission. A survey of communication needs of past manned space missions was conducted, including those for the moon, International Space Station (ISS), and Space Shuttle. A Mars flyby trajectory was created in order to analyze the dynamic communication link between the spacecraft and the DSN. Based on the data throughput requirements obtained, a trade space of spacecraft telecommunication systems is presented. DSN usage (in numbers of hours) for the 34 m and 70 m antennas is tabulated. Finally, a trade study of cost for the DSN aperture fee for the Mars manned flyby mission is computed

Keywords

Mars; aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; costing; satellite links; space communication links; 34 m; 70 m; DSN usage; ISS; International Space Station; Mars flyby trajectory; Mars manned flyby mission; Moon; Space Shuttle; communication cost; communication coverage; deep space network; dynamic communication link; spacecraft telecommunication systems; Apertures; Costs; International Space Station; Mars; Moon; Space missions; Space shuttles; Space vehicles; Telecommunication computing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8870-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2005.1559460

Filename

1559460