Accession Number:

ADA183541

Title:

Instrumentation and Communication Systems for Sounding Rockets and Shuttle-Borne Experiments.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 4 Dec 82-31 Dec 86,

Corporate Author:

NORTHEASTERN UNIV BOSTON MASS ELECTRONICS RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Rochefort,J. S.
• O'Connor,Lawrence J.
• Sukys,Raimundas
• Poirier,Norman C.
• Wheeler,Thomas P.

Report Date:

1987-04-27

Pagination or Media Count:

138.0

Abstract:

This report deals with analysis, developmenmt and field support of instrumentation and telemetry systems for airborne vehicles. The BERT, ERNIE, EXCEDE and BEAR programs discussed require instrumentation and telemetry which operate under the adverse EMI environments created by electron guns, ion sources or particle beams. The PIIE and POLAR ARC vehicles described low-modulation-index FMFM systems. Signal processing, data formatting, encoding, tape recorders and packet telemetry are described for future shuttle flights under the GAS, VIPER and IMPS programs. Author

Descriptors:

• *INSTRUMENTATION
• *SPACE SHUTTLES
• *SOUNDING ROCKETS
• *TELEMETER SYSTEMS
• AIRCRAFT
• ELECTRON GUNS
• ION SOURCES
• SPACE FLIGHT
• SIGNAL PROCESSING
• TAPE RECORDERS
• COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• FIELD EQUIPMENT
• PARTICLE BEAMS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
• PACKETS

Subject Categories:

• Telemetry
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Manned Spacecraft
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE