satellite rf communications and onboard processing course sampler
DESCRIPTION
Successful systems engineering requires a broad understanding of the important principles of modern satellite communications and onboard data processing. This course covers both theory and practice, with emphasis on the important system engineering principles, tradeoffs, and rules of thumb. The latest technologies are covered, including those needed for constellations of satellites. This course is recommended for engineers and scientists interested in acquiring an understanding of satellite communications, command and telemetry, onboard computing, and tracking. Each participant will receive a complete set of notes.TRANSCRIPT
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Special Characteristics of Space Links
The satellite is constantly moving -
• Antennas must be constantly pointed
• Doppler shift complicates receiver designExample:
∆f/f up to ± 25 ppm for LEO satellites (± 50 kHz at S-band).
• Poor station coverage, short pass times– continuous coverage would require hundreds of ground stations– may need data storage– special communications orbits (geostationary, Molniya)– data relay satellite
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The One-Way Radar Range Equation(3 Forms)
PtGt A er(GAIN-AREA) Pr =
4πR2
PtGtλ2Gr PtGtGr c2
(GAIN-GAIN) Pr = =4πR24π (4π)2R2 f2
Pt4πAetAer
PtAetAer
f2
(AREA-AREA) Pr = =λ24πR2 R2 c2
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Typical Radiation Pattern of a High-gain Antenna
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Helix Antennas for MSX and GPS Satellites
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APL Hybrid Inflatable Antenna
7Source: APL Technical Digest, Jan ‘03
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M-ary Phase Shift Keying (m = 8)
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Power Spectra
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Sun Noise
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Shannon’s Channel Capacity
• Consider a channel with bandwidth W and signal-to-noise ratio S/N.
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• Do not use this upper bound for design!
• By letting N = No W and W ∞, can show that error-free digital
communication cannot take place below E/No = -1.6 dB (ln 2)
• High performance exacts a price: bandwidth spreading, abrupt thresholds, complex coding/decoding equipment, computational delays
C = W log2 ( 1 + )S
N
• In 1948 Claude Shannon proved “there exist” codes and modulations which permit error-free communication, provided the bit rate does not exceed
Claude Shannon1916-2001
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Prototype of Ball Aerospace’s TSAT laser comm terminal. Structure and all 3 mirrors made from SiC. 1.55 micron wavelength. Sat-to-sat at 40 Gbps.* 2.5 Gbps demo’d to aircraft.
* transmit Encyclopedia Britannica in .025 sec
12Ref: AW&ST 20 Nov 2006
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Supraluminal (faster-than-c) Communications
• Wormholes. Spacewarps through higher dimensions.
• Would supraluminal communications violate the Causality Principle?
• Can a particle be accelerated to c?
• Can a particle have a velocity > c?- Tachyons: how generate, modulate,
detect?
References: “Particles That Go Faster Than Light,” Gerald Feinberg, Sci. Amer., 222, 2, Feb. 1970
Tachyon, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon
Timescape, Gregory Benford, Simon & Schuster, 1980A Brief History of Time, Steven W. Hawking, Bantam, 1988
“Faster than Light?” R. Y. Chiao et al, Sci Amer., Aug. 1993Nine Crazy Ideas in Science, Robert Ehrlich, Princeton Univ. Press, 2001“Time Travel,” Stephen Hawking, Discovery Channel, Apr 2010
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Satellite “Tracking”
• Tracking: knowledge of satellite position and velocity (past, present, and future).
• What are the tracking requirements and what drives them?– orbit insertion (“quick look” orbit determination)– precision orbit maintenance (e.g., 10 m)– ground station “alerts”– delayed commanding for future operations– processing of data post facto– satellite intercept and rendezvous– satellite avoidance– autonomous tracking required?
• Orbit perturbations can limit the ability to predict the future or reconstruct the past. Perturbations may result from gravity harmonics, drag, radiation pressure, Sun and Moon, maneuvers, etc. Drag can be very unpredictable.
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Typical NAVSPASUR Fan-beam Antenna
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Maui Space Surveillance Site Atop Mt. Haleakala (alt. 10,000 ft)
Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS)
Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility (MOTIF)
Ground-based Electro-optical Surveillance System (GEODSS)
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Constellation Design
Things to think about . . .
• Size of coverage circle• Dwell time over service area• Repeatability of ground track• Orbital perturbations• Van Allen radiation belts• Eclipse time• Launch energy required
– altitude, inclination, eccentricity• Minimum number of satellites
– how many planes?– how many satellites per plane?
• Intra-sat comms and timing• Sparing and replacement
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March 2004 Command / Telemetry / Data Processing (Sampler) 3
Encryption / Decryption Model
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End-to-End Command Flow
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Spacecraft Telemetry System
ACQUISITION
SENSORS
CONDITIONERS
SELECTORS
CONVERTERS
PROCESSING
COMPRESSORS
FORMATTERS
STORAGE
TRANSMISSION
ENCODER
MODULATOR
TRANSMITTER
ANTENNA
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Allan Deviation ofPrecision Frequency Standards
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Telemetry Multiple Access• Frequency division multiple access (FDMA): different data on
different sub-carrier frequencies• Time division multiple access (TDMA): a cyclic data frame is
defined in which different bit fields in the frame are assigned to different users
• Code division multiple access (CDMA): coding techniques are used to avoid interference between different users. Each different coding algorithm is decoded using a separate decoder (e.g., ±90º, ±180º phase shift; orthogonal binary pseudo-random modulations; frequency-hopping)
• Polarization division multiple access (PDMA): two signal sources use orthogonal polarizations of single carrier
• Space division multiple access (SDMA): spot-beam antennas provide spatial separation of RF links
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Sub-Commutation andSuper-Commutation
Data type 1 is super-commutated. It is sampled more than once in each minor frame. Data types 2a, 2b, and 2c are sampled less often. They are sub-commutated in three successive minor frames.
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Structure of a TypicalPacketized Telemetry Frame
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Structure of a Typical Real-Time Communications Bus Schedule
125 real-time slots, each 8 ms in durationInstrument short data: 256-byte packets, 13 Hz maximumInstrument long data: 1024-byte packets, 15 Hz maximumInstrument command: 250-byte packets, 15 Hz maximumRT reset (slot 58) occurs at 1/8 Hz (i.e., every 8 seconds)
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Spacecraft Data Processing System
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Spacecraft Block Diagram
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Block Diagram ofError-Correcting Logic
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Earth-OrbitRadiation Environment
• Low altitude (200 – 500 km), low inclination (i ≤ 28°)– 100 – 1k rad(Si)/year. Design to 10k rad(Si)/year. Incident charged
particles, Van Allen Belts, make SEUs an important concern at low inclination.
• Low altitude (200 – 1000 km), high inclination (i > 28°)– 1k – 10k rad(Si)/year. Design to 100k rad(Si)/year. More protons from
Van Allen Belts, so use Adams ten percent worst case environment for SEU calculations.
• Medium altitude (1000 – 4000 km)– 100k – 1M rad(Si)/year. Design to 1M rad(Si)/year. Almost no
geomagnetic shielding. Must use the most radiation-tolerant parts available.
• High altitude (> 5000 km); e.g., geosynchronous (36,000 km)– 1k – 5k rad(Si)/year. Design to 50k rad(Si)/year. Spacecraft charging
occurs as Earth’s magnetic field interacts with Solar wind, so SEU effects are dominated by the Adams ten-percent worst-case environment.
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Cross-Strapping Redundant Systems (Box-level)
No single-point failure should be able to drag down both sides!
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Hot Tips for Flight Software
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HybridImage Compression Algorithm