Satellite Tracking Ground StationRGS 10 Meter Tracking System
RGS 10 Meter Features
- Latitude - 64 deg 51 min 35.6797 sec N, NAD27
- Longitude - 147 deg 50 min 50.2500 sec W, NAD27
- Elevation at feed - 758 ft msl
- 10m aperture, Cassegrain feed with S-Band feed at prime focus, X-Band feed at Cassegrain focus
- 3316 three-axis pedestal with 2.5 deg tilt axis
- 3842 antenna controller
- Computerized, full hands-off pass support capability
- No capability for S-Band uplink at this time, but could be added as required
- 924-1-2 Wideband Demodulators supporting 924-2 multichannel Bit Synchronizers
X-Band Receiving System
- X-Band telemetry system G/T - 32 dB/deg K
- Three independent, separately-tuned data channels
- RHC & LHC selectable for all data channels as a group
- Freq Range 8025-8400 MHz (in 200KHz) increments)
- QPSK/UQPSK
- Bit synch/Signal conditioner support for:
- 105 Mbps QPSK [ERS-2 & RSAT]
- 100 Mbps QPSK [Envisat]
- 85 Mbps QPSK [RSAT]
- 60 Mbps QPSK
- 6 Mbps QPSK
- Tracking channel, pseudo-monopulse autotrack mode
- Cortex Multi Mission High Rate Data Receiver
S-Band Receiving System
- S-Band telemetry system G/T - 22 dB/deg K
- Dual-polarization spanersity combiners supporting data and track channel
- Freq Range 2200-2400 MHz
- Demods for AM, PM, FM, & BPSK
- QPSK/UQPSK
- Data Rates - 10 kbps to 4 Mbps BIO-L
- 10kbps to 8 Mbps NRZ-L
Digital Recording Capability
- Fully automated, hands-off, capture to disk for all x-band and s-band data.
- Sony ID-1, High density Digital Recorder available for X-band data
- Direct Capture System (DCS) 4 channel direct capture to disk up to 150 Mbps
- Programable Telemetry Processor (PTP) providing direct capture to disk for S-band downlink
