All-In-One Windows NT Satellite Ground Station From L-3 Communications is Available Now.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July, 2, 1997--The Telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. & Instrumentation division of L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL) is a company that supplies command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and Corporation is taking orders on it revolutionary NeTstar(TM) Satellite Ground Station. NeTstar(TM) is a networkable, low-cost PC satellite ground station ideal for spacecraft factory integration and test (I&T), ground station control, and on programs such as Prospector, NASA's return mission to the moon. NeTstar(TM) saves commercial satellite manufacturers and operators several hundred thousand dollars by replacing racks of equipment with a proven PC workstation that is highly reliable, very easy to use, and readily available for today's compressed satellite mission time frames. The system contains all the hardware, software, and functionality required for factory I&T and Telemetry, Commanding, and Ranging (TC&R), including: -0- - Pentium Processors - Telemetry Processing, Display, & Analysis - LAN/WAN/Ethernet Connectivity - CCSDS CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data System (NASA) CCSDS Consultative Committee on Space Data Standards CCSDS Consultative Committee for Standard Data Services Processing and Display - RF and IF Receivers/ - Remote and Local Control /Demodulators - Uplink Modulation for Commanding & Ranging - Data Archiving and Playback - Command and Control Software NeTstar(TM) can interface with ground antenna systems at either RF or IF, and is compatible with satellite TC&R requirements in C-, S-, X-, and Ku-bands. It also provides standard industry communication interfaces, as well as external interfaces for remote and local control and status. NeTstar(TM) product manger Len Losik reports that interest in the new PC satellite ground station is taking off. "NeTstar's low cost, complete TC&R and test and integration functionality, and ease of use makes it extremely attractive to commercial satellite makers and operators worldwide who are under increasing pressure to up the performance of their satellites and increase revenues." NeTstar(TM) is the latest in an ongoing evolution of highly responsive, affordable satellite test and commanding products from Telemetry & Instrumentation. Other satellite test products include the PC-based Telemetry and Command Board Set (TCBS TCBS Tea Club and Barrovian Society (from Tolkien novel) TCBS The Bear Creek School TCBS Trunked Common Base Station ), which integrates an RF transmitter, an RF receiver, and a digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
SGLS Space/Ground Link Subsystem SGLS Satellite Ground Link Set capabilities for military applications. Telemetry & Instrumentation is headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., with numerous sales and service offices worldwide. The company designs and manufactures advanced real-time commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and software products for flight test, satellite command and control, avionics test and integration, and signal conditioning and data capture. L-3 Communications, headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , is an independent supplier of secure communications systems, avionics, telemetry and microwave products and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to aerospace prime contractors and other commercial customers as well as to the U.S. military and federal agencies. CONTACT: L-3 Communications 212/697-1111 or Vivian Shelton 619/674-5100, ext. 4188 |
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