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Goddard Space Flight CenterFord Aerospace Corporation
Issue Date
1990-11
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Proceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection.Abstract
While most current ground based space telemetry acquisition systems are designed for and support data rates up to a few megabits per second (Mbps), NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) can support downlink rates up to 300 Mbps. In addition, the Advanced TDRSS (ATDRSS) is expected to support rates up to 650 Mbps. These high data rates will be required to support NASA’s future large scale operational programs such as the Space Station Freedom and the Earth Observation System. At the Goddard Space Flight Center, a prototype Frame Synchronizer card is under development which will operate at a minimum of 300 Mbps while providing a full suite of programmable functions such as 32 bit correlation, search-check-lock strategy, bit slip tolerance, fly wheeling, etc. In addition, cumulative quality data generation, on-board self diagnostics, and status/control processing are all integrated in this single card design. This level of functionality and very high data rate is made possible by the design of NASA application specific Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits to support space telemetry data system standards specified by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems. This paper will describe functions performed by this card and its supporting VLSI components.Sponsors
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