International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The NASA GSFC’s Wallops Flight Facility’s (WFF) Mobile Range Control System
(MRCS) is based on the functionality of the WFF Range Control Center at Wallops
Island, Virginia. The MRCS provides real time instantaneous impact predictions, real
time flight performance data, and other critical information needed by mission and range
safety personnel in support of range operations at remote launch sites.
The MRCS integrates a PC telemetry processing system (TELPro), a PC radar processing
system (PCDQS), multiple Silicon Graphics display workstations (IRIS), and
communication links within a mobile van for worldwide support of orbital, suborbital,
and aircraft missions.
This paper describes the MRCS configuration; the TELPro’s capability to provide
single/dual telemetry tracking and vehicle state data processing; the PCDQS’ capability
to provide real time positional data and instantaneous impact prediction for up to 8 data
sources; and the IRIS’ user interface for setup/display options.
With portability, PC-based data processing, high resolution graphics, and flexible
multiple source support, the MRCS system is proving to be responsive to the ever-changing
needs of a variety of increasingly complex missions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/607311 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Davis, Rodney A., Semancik, Susan K., Smith, Donna C., Stancil, Robert K. Jr |
| Contributors | NASA |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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