Approach to Improving TT＆C Coverage Rate of LEO and MEO Spacecrafts in China

1Foreword　Ground basedspacecraftTT&CnetworkinChinaconsistsoffixedgroundstations,mobilestations ,telemetryships ,andtelemetryairplanes.BecausegroundstationswhichsupportLEOandMEOspacecraftsaresituatedinthenativedistrict,itsgeographylongitudecrossesabout5 0°(12 5°E -75°E) ,thegeographylatitudecrossesabout30°(4 5°N - 15°N) .Therefore ,LEOandMEOspacecraftsrunning 14 - 16passeverydayaroundtheEarthcanonlybetracked 6 - 8pass,andtrackingarclastsabout 10minforsinglestationeachpass,about 2…

Approach to Improving TT&C Coverage Rate of LEO and MEO Spacecrafts in China

With the rapid increase of number and types of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) spacecrafts in China, the insufficiency of TT&C resources is exposed.How to improve LEO and MEO TT&C coverage rate has become the key problem of TT&C system,which should be resolved urgently. Firstly,the basic concepts of TT&C coverage are discussed and the relation between TT&C coverage of ground station and geography latitude of ground station as well as spacecraft altitude are analyzed. Secondly,the United States NASA TT&C network is taken as an instance to describe the developing process of TT&C network. Finally,in combination with TT&C activities of LEO and MEO spacecrafts in China,the method to heighten TT&C coverage rate is put forward,such as rational establishing station,space resources application,international TT&C cooperation etc.