Defense Satellite Communications Systems
The DAMA Control Station
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010The DAMA Control Station is a fixed physical site. It houses equipment that performs the functions of resource and channel controllers, and shared equipment such as a printer, power supply, and other ancillary equipment. The DAMA control stations act as relays, providing worldwide control of the network and worldwide routing of user traffic through the control of a channel on each of the satellites. Four DAMA Control Stations will be required for worldwide coverage and when completed, will provide 100 percent redundancy.
Defense Satellite Communications System
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008The first important landmark in defence satellite communications system and especially U.S. defense satellite communications system was when the U.S. army established radar contact with the moon. The navy started to experiment with the moon as a sort of reflector in 1954 and in 1959 it successfully established a communication link between Washington D.C. and Hawaii.
Defense Satellite Communications System
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Military users rely heavily on the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), which provides military communciations for the Department of Defense and it’s military communications requirements.
The Defense Satellite Communications System provides high bandwidth, secure voice and data communications through a constellation of satellites that are located in a geosynchronous orbit.
The Defesnse Satellite Communications System has went through three phases of development and is currently in the third phase at this time.
The first stage for the Defense Satellite Communications System was called the IDSCS (Initial Defense Satellite Communications System). This program was started in 1966 with a constellation of 8 satellites. This particular phase of the program was used during the Vietnam War to transmit reconnaissance information and data.