Preliminary Digital Control System Design for the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT)

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Abstract:

The Petite Amateur Navy Satellite PANSAT project was initiated to demonstrate the feasibility of a quick reaction, low-cost communications satellite incorporating digital communications and a store and forward memory area for the use of amateur radio operators interested in spread spectrum and packet communications. Designed to operate autonomously and under the guidance of a ground station located at the Naval Postgraduate School NPS in Monterey, California, it requires a reliable Digital Control System DCS to control operations white processing communications and telemetry. This thesis deals with a preliminary hardware design for the DCS and related subsystems. In addition to the design process, individual components were selected which were deemed suitable for the space environment while operating under project constraints of limited power and a desire to create a system using off-the-shelf devices capable of handling temperature and physical constraints equivalent to MIL-STD- 883. Reliability, redundancy, and flexibility were requirements of the DCS design. PANSAT, Digital control system, DCS, Control, Hardware

Author(s):
Leu, David L.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis
Pagination:
0083

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Approved For Public Release
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Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NPS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.3.3_Spectrum Management; JCA_6.2.1_Information Sharing; JCA_6.2.2_Computing Services; JCA_6.3_Net Management; JCA_6.2_Enterprise Services; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_4.6_Engineering
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, *COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, REQUIREMENTS, TEMPERATURE, QUICK REACTION, CONTROL SYSTEMS, EARTH ORBITS, LOW COSTS, OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENT, THESES, OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, RADIO EQUIPMENT, GUIDANCE, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, HANDLING, DESIGN CRITERIA, REDUNDANCY, GROUND STATIONS, ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY, AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL, SPREAD SPECTRUM, RADIO OPERATORS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Unmanned Spacecraft, Radio Communications
Keyword(s):
*PANSAT(PETITE AMATEUR NAVY SATELLITE)
Report Date:
1994 Mar 01