Communication system architectures for missions to Mars-a preliminary investigation

Author

Nguyen, Tien M. ; Hinedi, Sami M. ; Martin, Warren L. ; Tsou, Haiping

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

18-22 Jun 1995

Firstpage

1587

Abstract

This paper presents various communication system architectures for multiple-link communications with single aperture (MULSA) ground station. The proposed architectures are capable of supporting a multiplicity of spacecraft that are within the beamwidth of a single ground station antenna simultaneously. Both short and long term proposals to address this scenario are discussed. In addition, the paper also discusses the top-level system designs of the proposed architectures and identifies the associated advantages and disadvantages for each system

Keywords

Mars; antenna radiation patterns; satellite antennas; satellite ground stations; space communication links; MULSA; Mars; beamwidth; communication system architectures; ground station; ground station antenna; missions; multiple link communications with single aperture; spacecraft; top-level system designs; Apertures; Costs; Downlink; Frequency; Mars; NASA; Satellite ground stations; Space missions; Space stations; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1995. ICC '95 Seattle, 'Gateway to Globalization', 1995 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2486-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1995.524469

Filename

524469