The proposed work consists of developing a concept for adaptively controlling the communication network for the distributed sparse array of spacecraft system. This concept will provide for scheduling, acquiring, maintaining and terminating high bandwidth, narrow beam, space-space and space-air/ground links in a way that accounts for the ever-changing DSA system geometry and for degraded conditions during trans-attack operation. The Hubb space system analysis tool (Hubbsat) will be used to develop and evaluate these concepts.
