International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1995 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / Phillips Laboratory's Space Experiments Directorate (PL/SX) is operating
and upgrading the laboratory's premier transportable satellite tracking
station, the Mobile Ground Tracking Station (MGTS) program. MGTS
supports orbital, suborbital, and aircraft missions as a range system capable
of processing and recording multiple data streams. MGTS receives,
processes, displays, and records satellite state-of-health data, infrared images
in a variety of wavelengths, video data, and state vector solutions based on
IR returns from the Miniature Sensor Technology Integration (MSTI)
satellite program.
The program has began in 1990 under BMDO sponsorship, with the intent to
supplement existing test ranges with more flexibility in range operations.
Wyle Laboratories and Systems Engineering and Management Company
(SEMCO) provided the technical expertise necessary to create the first
MGTS system. Autonomy and off-road capability were critical design
factors, since some of the operations envisioned require deployment to
remote or hostile field locations. Since inception, MGTS has supported the
Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) sub-orbital missions, the
MSTI satellite program, and Air Force wargame demonstrations. In pursuit
of these missions, MGTS has deployed to White Sands Missile Range
(WSMR), NM; Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB, CA;
Vandenberg AFB, CA; Falcon AFB, CO; and NASA's Wallops Island Flight
Facility, VA, to receive critical mission telemetry data conforming to both
IRIG and SGLS standards. This paper will describe the evolution of the
MGTS program, current hardware configurations and past and future
mission scenarios for the MGTS team.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/608411 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Stone, Christopher E., Flint, Keith D., Mathis, Gregory P. |
| Contributors | Edwards Air Force Base |
| 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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