Lightsey Research Group
Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Autonomous Tracking of Spacecraft from the UT Satellite Control Center

Status: Completed project, August 2007 -- January 2008
Type: Space Flight Mission Support


This is an academic development project to provide automated ground station capability needed to support future student built satellite missions like FASTRAC, PARADIGM, and 2-STEP.

Personnel


Glenn Lightsey
Sebastian Munoz
Karla Vega

Related Publications


Course Presentations
Karla Vega, "Spacecraft Control Central," Oct. 2, 2007. 
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