Ground Station Network

Objectives

Linking the U.S and Japanese ground station networks

Participating universities

Tokyo Institute of Technology Naoki MIYAshita Kuniyuki Omagari University of Tokyo Yuya Nakamura Nihon University Kaneko Daigo Kyushuu Univ Yoshitaka Kasahara University of Arizona Jason Antkoviak University of Hawaii Blame murakami University of North Dakota Jason Senti

Scenario

Standard protocol (soap) Time sharing Legal issues Continuous tracking Command restrictions (access) Surrey England (already networked) Common controllers

Task List

Compile mailing list and make SOAP manual including sample code (Titech)

Contact Univ of Surrey (Nihon Univ) Contact Santa Clara (Robot / Tele-operation

protocol) University of Arizona Review ITAR (University of North Dakota) Establish SOAP interface at U. Hawaii Manage the time sharing issue (Kyusyu Univ)

Timeline Review will be done of Article 126.9 of International

Traffic in Arms Regulations to explore filing for an advisory opinion on the permission for foreign universities to remotely control U.S. ground stations (Dec,2002)

Control the Japanese GS from the U.S. at the UNISEC WS (Dec, 2002)

University of Tokyo member will go to Santa Clara and Stanford to discuss Japanese software/protocol compatibility (March, 2003)

During the March 03 visit, a Japanese University will try to control an American ground station

Increase Japanese and U.S. involvement with ground station linking (2003)

Budget

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