This is to be used as a study aid for RF transmission systems CDC 3D153.
Strategic
Tactical.
Air Force Weather Agency.
Automated Remote Tracking Stations.
Environmental Satellite Operations Center at Schriever AFB, CO, and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Operations Control Center at Suitland, MD.
Environmental Satellite Operations Center at Schriever AFB, CO, and Multi Purpose Satellite Operations Center, Offutt AFB, NB.
Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NB, and NOAA Satellite Operations Control Center at Suitland, MD.
Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NB, and Multi Purpose Satellite Operations Center, Offutt AFB, NB.
1,000
1,500
2,500
3,000
Storage disk array.
Maintainer workstation.
Network interface switch.
Meteorological data server.
HQ AFSPC
HQ AFPC (10 AF).
SPACEAF (14 AF).
USSTRATCOM/CC.
Radio frequency set and modulation system controller
Modulation interface equipment and transmit/receive set
Modulation interface equipment and modulation system controller
Radio frequency set, transmit/receiver set, and digital equipment set.
Transmits weather imagery to the satellite and receives telemetry data from the satellite on a 2.2 to 2.3 gigahertz bandwidth
Receives and processes downlink satellite signals, and generates and transmits uplink satellite commanding and ranging signals.
Monitors precise range measurements from the satellite vehicle and recovers almanac data from transmitted signals to measure signal quality.
Receives and processes the transmit signal for the satellite, and generates and receives downlink satellite commanding and ranging signals.
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Interface between the master control station and user sets.
Interface between the master control station and the satellites.
Provide all commanding and resources to process the satellite telemetry.
Provide all tracking and resources to process the monitor station downlinked telemetry.
Monitor station
Ground antenna.
Master control station.
Transmit ground station.
Two
Three
Four
Five
Can only be used as a handheld unit.
Can process the GPS satellite triple frequency signals.
Can use an external power source and external antenna.
Can be installed in a host platform (ground facility, air, sea or land vehicle).
Crossbanding
Crosslinking
Multi-service
Secure Networking
Development
Support
Control
Planning
T–1 (128 Kbps).
T–1 (256 Kbps).
T–1 (1.544 Mbps).
D. T–1 (2.048 Mbps).
Three
Four
Six
Eight
Ultrahigh frequency (UHF) only.
Extremely high frequency (EHF) only.
UHF and super-high frequency (SHF).
UHF and EHF.
Agile beam.
Spot beam.
Gimbaled dish.
Earth coverage.
One
Two
Three
Four
Quadruples the data rate
Increases the signal-to-noise-ratio.
Decreases the signal-to-noise-ratio.
Enhances the link bit error rate.
Ship or shore.
Master or slave.
Airborne or ground
Command post or force element.
90-inch antenna and a radome.
96-inch antenna and a radome.
90-inch antenna and no radome.
96-inch antenna and no radome.
16-inch Cassegrain
26-inch Cassegrain
16-inch front feed
26-inch front feed
Commander of the United States Strategic Command
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS).
Defense Information Systems Agency Operations Control Complex (DOCC).
Commander of the United States Strategic Command.
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS).
Defense Information Systems Agency Operations Control Complex (DOCC).