A Fully Implemented Semi-Automated Ground-Control System for the Terriers Satellite

N. Groleau, L. Kiser, F. Girouard, A. Hopkins, T. Morgan, S. Chakrabarti, T. Cook, D. Cotton, and P. Dell

To appear in Proceedings of the 10th Annual AIAA/USU Small Satellite Conference, Technical Session VI on Mission Operations, (Logan, UT: Utah St. Press), 1996. [CEA publication #767]

Abstract

In a collaborative effort, NASA Ames Research Center, the University of California Berkeley, and Boston University have developed ground software for a small satellite. This paper describes the ground communication software, the data archiving and serving system, and the data display and satellite scheduling in sufficient detail to allow prospective small satellite operators to explore its possible use or extension.

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