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Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Energia website.
Brief Summary

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Principal Investigator

M. Y. Belayev, Ph.D., , , , Russia

Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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Payload Developer Information Pending

Sponsoring Space Agency

Roscosmos

Sponsoring Organization:

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ISS Expedition Duration:

October 2005 - October 2007

Expeditions Assigned

12, 13, 15

Previous ISS Missions

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Experiment/Payload Description

Research Summary

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Description

Study of conditions of S band radio signal passage through the ISS, Moscow radio link. Development test of a method of data downlink at a rate of 4MB/s.

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Applications

Space Applications

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Earth Applications

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Operations

Operational Requirements

manipulator monoblock, transceiver with antenna on a mechanical adapter (TM/TC unit), onboard computer OBC, cable set.

Operational Protocols

Study of characteristics of S band radio signal propagation from the ISS RS through the ISS-Moscow radio link depending on the ionosphere condition, light-shadow situation, ISS distance and attitude. Modification of the ground S band receiving channel and its introduction into hardware/software complex UniScan-36. Organization and conduct of test operations to receive data from the ISS RS in Moscow using the ground hardware/software complex UniScan-36 and onboard TM/TC unit (a transceiver with antenna on a mechanical adapter) of Rokviss hardware. Organization and holding sessions to downlink data with digital images of URAGAN experiment (in case of successful completion of test operations).

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Results/More Information

Increase of the channel data flow to downlink data to the ground through the transfer to a higher frequency range of transceivers (S band).

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Related Web Sites

http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/researches/techn-37.html

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Publications

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Ground Based Results Publications

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ISS Patent Publications

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Related Publications

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Images

Manipulator monoblock.

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Tranceiver antenna.

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