Evaluation of the effectiveness, performance and integrity of SUNSAT's telemetry system

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In February 1999, SUNSAT, a university developed satellite was launched for thepurposes of amateur communications. The effectiveness, performance andintegrity of SUNSAT's telemetry is evaluated in this thesis. Analytical data forthe evaluation of SUNSAT's telemetry could not be compiled since SUNSAT iscurrently functional in space. SUNSAT is limited in its functions in its presentrole. Hence, future roles of SUNSA T were proposed and investigated and theeffectiveness, performance and integrity in these new roles evaluated based onthe findings in technical articles on similar topics. These future roles proposedinclude SUNSAT as a multi-satellite with multiple ground station configuration.An integrity checking system was investigated and proposed to ascertain thevalidity of telemetry received as well as a software package to evaluate theperformance of SUNSAT.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University