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Manned spacecraft has diverse needs such as high reliability, multi-target TT&C, image and voice communication. Compared with ground-based TT&C, TDRSS with advantages such as high TT&C coverage, high data transfer rate, diverse link, and outstanding economic benefits has become the main means for spacecraft TT&C and communication. In this paper, the characteristics of manned spacecraft TT&C and TDRSS are summarized, and the applications of TDRSS for manned spacecraft are studied from three aspects including multi-garget TT&C, key event support, capability improvement and optimization. Specifically, a TT&C method with two TDRSS following is proposed to provide dual target continuous tracking in match docking, and a TT&C access method combining single-site and multi-site is proposed to increase the TT&C coverage by 64% based on a single star-to-star antenna. Furthermore, two feasibility studies are conducted, one is to achieve 100% TT&C coverage by adjusting the installation direction of terminal antenna, the other is to replace parabolic antenna with phased array antenna.
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Tang, D., Li, T., Wan, P., Wang, Z., Feng, Y. (2023). Research on the Application of TDRSS for Manned Spacecraft. In: Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Zou, J., Huo, M. (eds) Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers. ICSINC 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 996. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9968-0_81
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