Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Start Date
30-4-1998 1:00 PM
Description
The Orbiting Radio Communications Asset (ORCA) mission is a commercial mission being designed, built and conducted by the Iowa Space Grant Consortium, supported by Rockwell Collins, and Space Industries. The mission will utilize advanced technology digital radio equipment provided by Rockwell to survey the low-earth orbit radio spectrum. This survey is of interest to both the commercial communications industry and to the scientific radio astronomy community. In addition to the survey, the spacecraft will provide an on-orbit transmit and receive test platform for advanced communications technologies that can be fully reprogrammed from the control station. A significant feature of the ORCA mission is the intimate involvement of students from Drake University, the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa, and Iowa State University. These students will be involved in all aspects of the mission design, development, and staff the operations center after the initial mission.
Paper Session III-B - Overview of the Orbiting Radio Communications Asset (ORCA) Mission
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
The Orbiting Radio Communications Asset (ORCA) mission is a commercial mission being designed, built and conducted by the Iowa Space Grant Consortium, supported by Rockwell Collins, and Space Industries. The mission will utilize advanced technology digital radio equipment provided by Rockwell to survey the low-earth orbit radio spectrum. This survey is of interest to both the commercial communications industry and to the scientific radio astronomy community. In addition to the survey, the spacecraft will provide an on-orbit transmit and receive test platform for advanced communications technologies that can be fully reprogrammed from the control station. A significant feature of the ORCA mission is the intimate involvement of students from Drake University, the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa, and Iowa State University. These students will be involved in all aspects of the mission design, development, and staff the operations center after the initial mission.
Comments
Technology Development and Utilization In Space
Session Chairman: Tony Spear, Project Manager, Mars Pathfinder Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Session Organizer: Linda Bradley