Transforming the deep space network into the Interplanetary Network

Weber, William J.; Cesarone, R.; Abraham, Douglas A.; Doms, P. E.; Doyle, Richard J.; Edwards, C. D.; Hooke, Adrian J.; Lesh, James R.; Miller, Richard B.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.12.004

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“…It is desirable for future space networks to be multi-layer, flexible for spatial self-organizing, and compatible to comprehensive nodes with inter-satellite links and on-bard satellites. An interplanetary Network (IPN) would be capable of (1) providing the networked connectivity across the solar system and beyond when it is needed, (2) supporting transparent communications, services, scientific studies, navigations, and space operations for users to achieve their objectives, (3) advancing and incorporating newly developed technologies to expand space explorations and discoveries, and (4) ensuring the accessibility, security and efficiency of information access to public users [114]. The variety and number of scientific payloads have been increased dramatically in recent years as shown in Fig.…”

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“…New space missions required an increase of data rate in orders of magnitude; moreover, the data communications among the earth, satellites, spacecraft, and designated plants should be automated and standardized, the procedures of mission operations should be responsive and transparent, and the acquired data and information from space missions should be transparent and accessible to the public they endorse. This required establishing a deep space interplanetary network for transmitting, networking, and processing big and distributed space exploration data [114]. The interconnection in future aerospace vehicles is needed to provide the connections with high bandwidth.…”

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The State of the Art of Information Integration in Space Applications

Yung

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This paper aims to present a comprehensive survey on information integration (II) in space informatics. With an ever-increasing scale and dynamics of complex space systems, II has become essential in dealing with the complexity, changes, dynamics, and uncertainties of space systems. The applications of space II (SII) require addressing some distinctive functional requirements (FRs) of heterogeneity, networking, communication, security, latency, and resilience; while limited works are available to examine recent advances of SII thoroughly. This survey helps to gain the understanding of the state of the art of SII in sense that (1) technical drivers for SII are discussed and classified; (2) existing works in space system development are analyzed in terms of their contributions to space economy, divisions, activities, and missions; (3) enabling space information technologies are explored at aspects of sensing, communication, networking, data analysis, and system integration; (4) the importance of first-time right (FTR) for implementation of a space system is emphasized, the limitations of digital twin (DT-I) as technological enablers are discussed, and a concept digital-triad (DT-II) is introduced as an information platform to overcome these limitations with a list of fundamental design principles; (5) the research challenges and opportunities are discussed to promote SII and advance space informatics in future.INDEX TERMS Information integration (II), space informatics, digital triad (DT-II), internet of digital-triad things (IoDTT), first-time right (FTR), space information integration (SII). FIGURE 2. Technical drivers of II applications.

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Section: Networkingmentioning

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The State of the Art of Information Integration in Space Applications

Yung

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“…Even with this expanded capacity, the DSN will also likely face increased asset scheduling challenges, suggesting a migration away from manually intensive processes to more automated, protocol-dependent approaches akin to the way messages are routed through the internet -a vision that also embodies a significant flight-side technology component. 13 In the capability realm, the DSN will likely need to accommodate downlink rates up to two orders-of-magnitude higher than today's and uplink rates up to four orders-of-magnitude higher. The increase in downlink rates is driven primarily by the transition of NASA's solar system exploration from brief flyby reconnaissance missions to more detailed orbital remote sensing missions occurring at higher spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions.…”

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Future Mission Trends and Their Implications for the Deep Space Network

Abraham

2006

Space 2006

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Planning for the upgrade and/or replacement of Deep Space Network (DSN) assets that typically operate for forty or more years necessitates understanding potential customer needs as far into the future as possible. This paper describes the methodology Deep Space Network (DSN) planners use to develop this understanding, some key future mission trends that have emerged from application of this methodology, and the implications of the trends for the DSN's future evolution. For NASA's current plans out to 2030, these trends suggest the need to accommodate: three times as many communication links, downlink rates two orders of magnitude greater than today's, uplink rates some four orders of magnitude greater, and end-to-end link difficulties two-to-three orders of magnitude greater. To meet these challenges, both DSN capacity and capability will need to increase. I. Introduction: The Mission-Driven Evolution of the Deep Space Network INCE its inception, the Deep Space Network has had to evolve its capability and capacity in anticipation of the increasingly challenging missions needing it for communication and navigation support. The Network began under U.S. Army auspices in 1958 with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL's) efforts to develop and operate the nation's first satellite, Explorer 1. To receive telemetry and plot the orbit of this satellite, JPL developed the "Microlock" tracking and data acquisition system-a set of somewhat portable tracking stations located at each of four sites: Cape Canaveral, Nigeria, Singapore, and San Diego. 1 Meanwhile, the Department of Defense established the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to "promote, coordinate, and manage all existing military and civilian space activities." As part of this responsibility, ARPA was directed to oversee a lunar space program called Pioneer. Understanding that the existing "Microlock" system was inadequate for tracking spacecraft at lunar distances, ARPA approved a JPL plan to adapt an existing 26m radio astronomy antenna design to the tracking of the Pioneer probes at L-band. Three of these antennas were to be procured to form what ARPA referred to as the Tracking and Communications Extraterrestrial Network (TRACE). However, as JPL began construction on the first 26m antenna, the civilian space program was transferred to the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and JPL's transfer from the Army to NASA quickly followed. Under this new organizational arrangement, JPL completed the first 26m antenna at the end of 1958-located at Fort Irwin in Goldstone, California. The antenna was named Pioneer Station after the first two spacecraft with which it communicated, Pioneers 3 and 4. As NASA pursued increasingly ambitious robotic reconnaissance of the moon, construction of other stations followed. In 1960, JPL supervised the construction of NASA's first overseas station in Woomera, Australia. NASA's second and third overseas stations were constructed near Johannesburg, South Africa (1961) and about 40 miles west of Madrid, S...

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“…The introduction of Ka-band (32 GHz) communications, with its higher data capacity, is well under way [2]. Optical laser communication is being investigated.…”

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DSN Antenna Array Architectures Based on Future NASA Mission Needs

MacNeal

Abraham

Cesarone

2007

2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference

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A flexible method of parametric, full life-cycle cost analysis has been combined with data on NASA's future communication needs to estimate the required number and operational dates of new antennas for the Deep Space Network (DSN). The requirements were derived from a subset of missions in the Integrated Mission Set database of NASA's Space Communications Architecture Working Group. Assuming that no new antennas are "constructed", the simulation shows that the DSN is unlikely to meet more than 20% of mission requirements by 2030. Minimum full life-cycle costs result when antennas in the diameter range, 18m-34m, are constructed. Architectures using a mixture of antenna diameters produce a slightly lower full life-cycle cost. 123

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Transforming the deep space network into the Interplanetary Network

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

The State of the Art of Information Integration in Space Applications

The State of the Art of Information Integration in Space Applications

Future Mission Trends and Their Implications for the Deep Space Network

DSN Antenna Array Architectures Based on Future NASA Mission Needs

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