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USN DEMONSTRATES TCP/IP SPACE LINK EXTENSION WITH SATELLITE.

Computer Protocols, February, 2007

Universal Space Network, Inc. (USN), a leading provider of space operations and ground control and communications services, along with subcontractor Integral Systems Incorporated (ISI), has announced the successful demonstration of the TCP/IP Space Link Extension (SLE) with a U.S. Air Force (USAF) satellite utilizing Space Ground Link Subsystem (SGLS) and Unified S-Band (USB) receiving channels.

SGLS is the current Department of Defense (DoD) and USAF telemetry, tracking and command standard, and USB will be the telemetry tracking channel employed on many of the next-generation USAF satellites.

The demonstration under a USN contract with the USAF Space and Missile Center (SMC) successfully verified the SLE's capabilities using the Command and Control...

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