USING INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR COGNITIVE SYSTEM RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY WITH SPACE-BASED RECONFIGURABLE SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIOS

摘要

The NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Testbed is a highly capable communications system, composed of three software defined radios, integrated into a flight system mounted to the truss of the International Space Station. Launched in 2012,The SCaN Testbed has logged over 3000 hours of operation exploring the development, reconfiguration, and operation of software defined radios and their software applications. Leading the space use of this relatively new technology, the SCaN Testbed has allowed industry academia,and international partners to pursue their own interests in the field in joint collaboration with NASA.