Accession Number:

AD0607033

Title:

MULTISATELLITE CONTROL.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Casey,Aloysius Gerald

Report Date:

1964-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

77.0

Abstract:

The thesis provides a method of controlling a system of orbiting satellites through a net of servicing ground stations. The problem is defined and a solution based on a dual view of the time spectrum is selected. That is, the vital service requirements are scheduled horizontally across the scheduling period, while the routine reports are treated vertically in time. The thesis includes a computer program written in the Fortran IV language and based on the logical development explained in the thesis. A 10 satellite-5 ground station example problem is presented. Author

Descriptors:

• *SPACE SURVEILLANCE
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• *SATELLITE NETWORKS
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• SCHEDULING
• ORBITS
• TRACKING
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• TIME
• TABLES(DATA)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE