On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, David Carek wrote:
> I'm looking for existing satellites that use IP or other Internet
> protocols on board or in their air to ground communications. If you
> know of any currently flying satellites with such capabilities I'd
> appreciate the references.
>
> We use TCP/IP onboard the shuttle for some systems, but we have a custom
> unreliable protocol for the air to ground segment. I'd like to identify
> processors, operating systems, and tcp/ip stacks that have already
> been used in space.
Chris Jackson presented a paper on SSTL's use of Internet Protocols on
the upcoming disaster monitoring constellation missions at the Second
Space Internet Workshop at Goddard Space Flight Centre, 21-22 May.
This is based on previous work; UoSAT-12 has demonstrated an onboard
TCP/IP stack, although the satellite's not really relying on it for
TT&C:
http://siw.gsfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.html
Really, isn't this what NASA et al. have been developing SCPS for?
L.
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