TY - JOUR
T1 - Low Altitude Space Communication System
AU - Namiki, Michiyoshi
AU - Matsuzaka, Yukihiko
AU - Honda, Hideyuki
AU - Toriumi, Michihiko
AU - Kamioka, Eiji
AU - Saito, Yoshitaka
AU - Izutsu, Naoki
AU - Ohta, Sigeo
AU - Yamagami, Takamasa
AU - Yajima, Nobuyuki
AU - Hirosawa, Haruto
AU - Ohya, Nobuhiko
AU - Takezawa, Fukashi
AU - Yamaguchi, Kenji
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We describe a new Low Altitude Space Communication System (LASCOS), which was completed in 1996 by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan. This system consists of a mobile balloon tracking and receiving station and networks which connect them to the Sanriku Balloon Center in Iwate Municipality and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in Kanagawa Municipality. This station and the SBC receiving station are connected via telephone lines, i. e. an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) or an analog communication network. Balloon trajectory monitoring, telecommand transmission operation and telemetry data acquisition can be done from any computer terminal through the LASCOS. LASCOS has built-in flexibility to adapt to a foreign balloon station. The number of individuals necessary to operate it minimum. LASCOS will be used for long range tracking and balloon expedition. We present the results of its first test with an actual balloon flight.
AB - We describe a new Low Altitude Space Communication System (LASCOS), which was completed in 1996 by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan. This system consists of a mobile balloon tracking and receiving station and networks which connect them to the Sanriku Balloon Center in Iwate Municipality and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in Kanagawa Municipality. This station and the SBC receiving station are connected via telephone lines, i. e. an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) or an analog communication network. Balloon trajectory monitoring, telecommand transmission operation and telemetry data acquisition can be done from any computer terminal through the LASCOS. LASCOS has built-in flexibility to adapt to a foreign balloon station. The number of individuals necessary to operate it minimum. LASCOS will be used for long range tracking and balloon expedition. We present the results of its first test with an actual balloon flight.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00080-6
DO - 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00080-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033741845
SN - 0273-1177
VL - 26
SP - 1431
EP - 1434
JO - Life sciences and space research
JF - Life sciences and space research
IS - 9
ER -