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Mission Operations Procedure:

TELEMETRY TRANSMITTER FAILURE RECOVERY
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Prepared by

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Technical Operations
Dulles, Virginia
CAGE Code: 9X711

PREPARED BY:

J. Lane for J. Campagna

Joseph Campagna, Mission Operations

APPROVED BY:

C. Chen
Changlin Chen, TCR Engineering

APPROVED BY:

R. Macheske
Rick Macheske, Chief Engineer

APPROVED BY:

A. Lewis
Al Lewis, Program Office

APPROVED BY:

W. Cook
William Cook, Flight Assurance Manager

RELEASED BY:

L. Buhl cdm10 for J. Deamer 9/21/04

Configuration/Data Management

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REVISION HISTORY
REV

DATE

REASON FOR CHANGE/CHANGE

04/23/04
09/21/04

RN S529-R-N/A: Production Release

Deleted obsolete procedure from REFERENCES
and Constraints paragraph and step 2; Deleted first
part of sentence in step 12; changed last step of flow
chart.

SECTION(s)
AFFECTED

All
All

This document is used for basic test and operational maintenance of the ground
station and spacecraft. It is used to determine the operability of subsystems
of the ground station and spacecraft during normal operations periodically
through the life cycle.

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Table of Contents
1.

PURPOSE .....................................................................................................................1

2.

REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................1

3.

DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................1

4.

ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS .....................................................................................1

5.
5.1
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.2
5.2.1

REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................................................................1
General Requirements ................................................................................................1
Scope .............................................................................................................................1
Constraints .....................................................................................................................2
Process..........................................................................................................................2
Flow Charts ....................................................................................................................3

List of Figures
Figure 1 Overall Flowchart..............................................................................................................3

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1.

PURPOSE

The objective of this Telemetry Transmitter (TTX) Failure Recovery Procedure is to outline the
Telemetry Transmitter switchover. The procedure will be executed per Mission Director
direction.

2.

REFERENCES

Star-2 Fault Protection and Safe State

STATE OF HEALTH VALIDATION PROCEDURE

3.

DEFINITIONS

N/A

4.

ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS
BTX
C&DH
CMD
CRX
CTR
DL
FD&C
PROC
RTM
TTX
SOH
STOL

5.
5.1
5.1.1

Beacon Transmitter
Command & Data Handling
Command
Command Receiver
Command, Telemetry, and Ranging
Downlink
Fault Detection and Correction
Procedure
Redundant Telemetry Module
Telemetry Transmitter
State of Health
Satellite Test and Operations Language

REQUIREMENTS
General Requirements
Scope

The purpose of this procedure is to define the recovery from a failure with the Telemetry
Transmitter or a switch from one Telemetry Transmitter to the other. The spacecraft utilizes two
telemetry transmitters that provide the telemetry link. If a hard failure occurs with the primary
telemetry transmitter, no telemetry will be received. However, command functions should still be
available, allowing a commanded switchover to the redundant TTX.
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5.1.2

Constraints

The mission director must approve the use of this procedure. If no telemetry is being received,
execute the Spacecraft Loss of Uplink and Downlink procedure prior to executing this procedure.
This procedure is based on a nominal entrance configuration; that is, the active BBE routing
telemetry to the active TTX.

5.2

Process

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5.2.1

Flow Charts
Transmitter failure or
requirement to swap

Command OFF the active

transmitter

Configure the BBE

telemetry to the alternate
side transmitter

Command ON the
alternate transmitter in
High Power mode

Confirm valid telemetry

stream

Command active beacon

to Low Power if directed
by Engineering

Execute State-of-Health

Figure 1 Overall Flowchart

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Operator

Step

Description

Commands & Telemetry

Controller

Entrance Criteria

Loss of telemetry or problems with one of the Telemetry

Transmitters requiring a transmitter switchover.

Controller

Constraints

The mission director must approve this procedure .

If no telemetry is being received, execute the Spacecraft
Loss of Uplink and Downlink procedure prior to executing
this procedure.

Execute the following steps even if telemetry is not being received.

Controller

Turn command verification off.

CV OFF

Controller

Execute a spacecraft clear to ensure

command buffer is clear.

DECODER SC_CLR

Reset decoder to last known active address

Command Off the last known active TTX.

CMD TCR_TTXz_OFF

Controller

Where z = 1 or 2
Controller

Command active BBE telemetry stream to

alternate beacon

CMD TCR_TLM_ROUTE_BBEx_TTXy_SET
Where x = 1 or 2 for active BBE
Where y = 1 or 2 for active TTX

Controller

Command On the redundant TTX in high

power mode.

CMD TCR_TTXy_HI_PWR_ON
Where y = 1 or 2 for active TTX

If Telemetry is not being received, stop here and consult engineering immediately.
Controller

TTX Failover

Once telemetry is back on-line, record the

spacecraft configuration.

TCR_TTX1_EPC_VOLTAGE =

TCR_TTX2_EPC_VOLTAGE =

TCR_TTX1_ON_STATUS =

TCR_TTX2_ON_STATUS =

TCR_TTX1_PWR_MODE_STATUS =

TCR_TTX2_PWR_MODE_STATUS =

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Step

Controller

Controller

10

Controller

11

Description

Commands & Telemetry

q

TCR_BBE1_TTX1_TLM_ROUTE =

TCR_BBE1_TTX2_TLM_ROUTE =

TCR_BBE2_TTX1_TLM_ROUTE =

TCR_BBE2_TTX2_TLM_ROUTE =

Turn command verification back on.

CV ON

If desired by engineering, change the TTX

to low power mode.

CMD TCR_TTXy_LO_PWR_ON

Verify Beacon Power Status.

Where y = active TTX

TCR_TTXy_PWR_MODE_STATUS
Where y = active TTX

Controller

TTX Failover

12

Run the spacecraft State of Health

procedure.

Execute State of Health Validation procedure

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