GPS TRANSLATOR RECORD RELAY AND INTERFACE

S3 WILL RESEARCH LOWER COST WAYS OF RECORDING, RELAYING AND INTERFACING GPS TRANSLATOR DATA AT CONVENTIONAL TELEMETRY RECEIVER/RECORD SITES. THE SUCCESS OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL RESULT IN GROUND PROCESSING OF GPS TRANSLATOR SIGNALS THAT WILL COST A SMALL FRACTION OF CURRENT SYSTEMS. LOWER COST HANDLING OF GPS TRANSLATOR DATA WILL BE OF IMPORTANCE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT USERS FOR GPS TRANSLATOR DATA. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL RESULT IN A COMPLETE DESIGN FOR A SYSTEM THAT WILL PERFORM GPS TRANSLATOR SIGNAL RECEIVE, RELAY, RECORD AND INTERFACE. THE RECORD CAPABILITY WILL USE CONVENTIONAL ANALOG TELEMETRY RECORDERS THAT ARE TYPICALLY AVAILABLE AT MOST TEST RANGES. A MICROWAVE RELAY OF TRANSLATOR DATA WILL BE SUPPORTED OVER A CHANNEL THAT HAS A 7.5 MHZ SUB-CARRIER, 1 3 MHZ BANDWIDTH AND 3 DEGREE PHASE JITTER.