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Schreiner, W.

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Cosmic GPS ionospheric sensing and space weather

As our civilization becomes more dependent on space based technologies, we become more vulnerable to conditions in space weather. Accurate space weather specification and forecasting require proper modeling which account for the coupling between the sun, the magnetosphere, the thermosphere, the ionosphere and the mesosphere.

GPS

Codeless GPS Applications to Multi-Path: CGAMP

Cordless Global Positioning System (GPS) Applications to Multi-Path (CGAMP) is meeting the challenge of exploiting the L-band signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites for the measurement of the impulse response of radio transmission channels over space-Earth paths. This approach was originally suggested by E. K. Smith and has been pursued by J. Lemmon, without an affordable implementation being identifiable. In addition to the high cost of a suitable P code correlating GPS receiver, there is also the major impediment of the often announced Department of Defense policy of selective availability/anti-spoof (SA/AS) that clouds reliable access to the wideband (20 MHz) P channel of the GPS signals without cryptographic access. A technique proposed by MacDoran utilizes codeless methods for exploiting the P channel signals implemented by the use of a pair of antennas and cross correlation signal detection.

Macdoran, P. F.

Spacecraft environmental testing

Physical testing of Relay I satellite to approximate environment and stress during handling, launch, and orbital flight

RELAY I SATELLITE

Ground support equipment

Telemetry and command checkout equipment, environmental simulation facilities, and ground support handling fixtures for Relay I satellite

RELAY I SATELLITE

Systems integration

Qualifications testing of basic design and acceptance testing of workmanship for Relay I satellite - systems integration

RELAY I SATELLITE