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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov
Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (DATR)
NASA’s Aeronautics Test Program
Facility Benefits
• PrecisionRADARprovidestimespacepositioninginformation(TSPI)onresearchvehicles,InternationalSpaceStation(ISS),andothertargets,includingsatellites.
• Fixedandmobiletelemetryantennasreceivereal-timetelemetrydataandvideoandhavethecapabilitytotransmituplinkcommandstoresearchvehicles.
• Theprocesseddataisdisplayedattheengineeringstationsinthemissioncontrolcenterandarchivedinapost-flightstoragearea.
• AudiocommunicationnetworkssupportaeronauticsresearchandspaceoperationsintheDATR,coveringabroadfrequencyspectrumfortransmittingandreceivingvoicecommunicationsandflightterminationsignalsforunmannedaerialvehicles.•Videomonitoringprovidesreal-timeand recordeddataforthecontrolandsafetyof flighttestmissions.
The Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (DATR) is part of the Aeronautics Test
Program (ATP), which ensures that wind tunnels, air-breathing propulsion test
facilities, and flight operations services at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) are available to government, corporations, and institutions.
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (DATR)
supports aerospace flight research and technology integration, space exploration
concepts, airborne remote sensing, and a wide variety of science missions.
The DATR supplies a comprehensive set of resources for the control and monitoring
of flight activities, real-time acquisition and reduction of research data, and effective
communication of information to flight and ground crews.
M–1870–17Feb 2014
NASA’s Aeronautics Test Program www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/atp
Contact Information
www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/atp Darryl Burkes
DATR Project Manager Armstrong Flight Research Center
661–276–2517E-mail: darryl.a.burkes@nasa.gov
Facility ApplicationsTheDATRsupportsaerospaceflightresearchandtechnologyintegration,space exploration concepts, airborne remote sensing and sciencemissions,aswellastheISSoperations.
CharacteristicsDATR Mission Control Centers • 26testengineeringstationsinMCC1and19inMCC2including:
−Communications(radioandintercom)panels−Videomonitors,−Weatherdata−IRIG-Btiming−Specializedgraphicsdisplays.
• Rangeandmissioncontrol,testoperations,rangesafetyandtestdirectorconsolesprovidecriticalanalysisanddisplaycapabilities.
The DATR mobile systems • Availableforrapiddeploymenttoaspecifiedlocationonshortnotice.
Thesesystemsprovide:− Radio-frequencycommunication− Videoandtelemetry-trackingsupport− Telemetrytrackingfortestmissionsoutsidelocalairspaceboundaries
− Uplinkcommandstoresearchvehicles
Data Acquisition and ProcessingDataisacquiredandmergedfrommultiplesourcesinvariousformatstoasingle,time-correlated,compositestreamforprocessing,distribution,real-timedisplay,andstoragearchival.Segmentsofpost-missiondataare immediately available on portable media. Post-flight RADAR datacan also be provided if reverted. The mobile operations system canprocessanddisplaydataonsite,or reformatdataand transmit it toacustomer’sfacility.
TelemetryDATRtelemetrytrackingsystemsconsistof:• Multiplefixedantennasandavailablemobilesystems
− DownlinkedtelemetryandvideosignalsinC-,L-,andS-bands.− UplinkedcommandsineitherL-orS-bands.− Tracktargetsfromhorizontohorizon.− Certifiedforfullon-orbitcapability.Downlinkedtelemetrymaybereceivedineitheranalogordigitalformat.
Communications• ExtensiveRangeIntercommunicationsystem(DICESSystem)
consistingof:− Overahundred24channelcommunicationspanels− interconnectswithCommercialtelephonesystems− LinkstoMilitaryground-communicationnetworks.− LinkstomultipleotherNASACenters.− Extensiveground-basedfiberoptics.− InterfacewiththeRFcommunicationssystem
• RadioFrequency(RF)Communicationsincluding:
− Morethan30ultra-high-frequency(UHF)Transceivers
- 3UHFHighGainOmniAntennas- 3UHFParabolicDishDirectional
Antennas− Morethan10very-high-frequency(VHF)Transceivers
- 4VHFhighgainAntennas− 2HighFrequency(HF)TransceiversystemswithHighGainLogantenna
− 2Broadband(100–1000MHz,AM&FM)Transceivers
• InternationalSpaceStations(ISS)EmergencyCommunicationssystemcomprisedof:
− 2ISSVHFFMTransceivers− 2SoyuzVHFFMTransceivers− 6VHFDirectionalAntennas
Flight Termination Systems• 4UHFIRIG/EFTSflightterminationsystems
− 4FTShighgainOmniantennas− 4FTSHighGainDirectionalAntennas
Radar• Twohigh-accuracy,C-bandinstrumentation
radars.• Tracktargetsouttoadistanceof3,000
nauticalmileswithaccuraciesto0.0006degreesinangleand30feetinrange.
Video• Numerousfixedandmobilecamerasystems
forflightmonitoring,safetyandmissioncontrol.
• Long-range,broadcast-quality,high-definitionopticalsystemprovidingdayandnight(includinginfrared)coverage.
• Coverageoftheflightline,rampareas,andrunways.
• Mobilevideovans− Capabilitytorelaylive-actionimageryviamicrowavelinks.
− CapabilitytorelayliveactionimageryviagroundvideovanC-BandTMuplink.
− DownlinkedvideofromresearchvehiclesorchaseaircraftcanbereceivedinC-,L-,orS-bandfrequencies.
− VideorecordingisprovidedonSuperVHS,BetaSuperiorPerformance,DVD,andotherhigh-definitionmedia.
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