International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The White Sands Telemetry Data Center (TDC) is moving to a new home. The TDC,
along with various range functions, is moving to the new J. W. Cox Range Control
Center (CRCC). The CRCC is under construction and will replace the present control
center. Construction of the new CRCC and the resulting move was prompted by the
presence of asbestos in the present Range Control Center (RCC).
The CRCC construction will be completed in September 1999 at which time the
communications backbone will be installed. (Estimated time to complete the installation
is nine months.) In early 2000, White Sands will begin transition of the TDC and other
commodity functions to the CRCC. The transition must not interrupt normal support to
range customers and will result in the consolidation of all range control functions.
The new CRCC was designed to meet current and future mission requirements and will
contain the latest in backbone network design and functionality for the range customer.
The CRCC is the single point of control for all missions conducted on the 3700 square
mile range.
The Telemetry Data Center will be moved in two parts into the new CRCC. This will
allow us to run parallel operations with the old RCC until the CRCC is proven reliable
and minimize overall downtime. Associated telemetry fiber optics, microwave
communications and field data relay sites will be upgraded and moved at the same time.
Since the TDC is so tightly dependent upon data input from both fiber optics and
microwave communications inputs, a cohesive move is critical to the overall success of
the transition.
This paper also provides an overview of the CRCC design, commodity transition, and
lessons learned.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/606825 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Newton, Henry L., Bones, Gary L. |
| Contributors | White Sands Missile Range |
| 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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