TCP/IP Remote Control of a Ground Station

• Main Author: Massey, Dale P.
• Other Authors: Universal Space Network, Inc.
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1998
• Subjects: Object-oriented design; control and management object
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/609652; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/609652

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1998 / Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California === Satellite tracking ground stations are under continuous pressure to automate. Autonomy is generally the desired goal, but if the ground stations are in a Commercial Ground Network(CGN) setup to support many missions simultaneously, remote control of such stations is of much more importance. The proliferation of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) science, earth resources and eventually global communications satellites either in orbit or planned, requires a much lower cost methodology for ground support. A CGN of TCP/IP remotely controlled ground stations lowers much of the manpower that was historically required to operate such stations. This paper will cover the remote control aspects needed for a satellite ground tracking station and offer a unique remote control topology utilizing TCP/IP.