Questions tagged [data-transmission]
Questions regarding transfer of data from spacecraft and probes
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What are the general properties and specs for JWST's onboard data and image processing capabilities?
Answers and comments on What is the data storage capabilities onboard the James Webb Telescope? which reference the James Webb Space Telescope User Documentation item JWST Solid State Recorder mention ...
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What approximate bitrate is required for interplanetary spacecraft GNC?
What is a rough estimate for the bitrate needed for GNC (guidance, navigation, and control) of an interplanetary spacecraft from Earth? I know it varies a great deal from case to case, but I want an ...
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Are there any publicly available real-time data stream containing measurements outside Earth?
Analyzing data coming from outside Earth (such as the temperature around Curiosity on Mars, or the radiation level on geosynchronous orbit around Earth, etc.) might be an interesting task and/or hobby ...
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How will NEO Surveyor manage 82 gigabits/day of data? How will it process it, what fraction will be sent to Earth and how it compares to TESS & GAIA?
Wikipedia says says:
NEO Surveyorformerly called Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam), then NEO Surveillance Mission, is a planned space-based infrared telescope designed to survey the Solar System for ...
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Transmission and Receiving Rate of a X-Band Antenna
What would be a typical transmission and reception rate range for a X-Band Low Gain Antenna for say 300Km from an orbiter? I figured a High Gain Antenna would be difficult to use since it requires ...
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Antenna required to reach titan
There are two 12U cubesats, one in Earth orbit and one in orbit around Titan. They have a transmit power of 700 W (for short periods) and have identical antennas.
What diameter and what type of ...
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Does the TDRS user segment ever provide network functionality beyond being a "customer"?
Celestrak's NORAD Two-Line Element Sets Current Data TLE page has many pre-defined categories for quick access for groups of spacecraft that share similar characteristics.
I clicked on the ...
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