S3 will research lower cost ways of recording, relaying and interfacing GPS translator data at conventional telemetry receiver/record sites. The success of the proposed research will result in ground processing of GPS translator signals that will cost a small fraction of current systems. Lower cost handling of GPS translator data will be of importance to a wide variety of potential government users for GPS translator data. The Phase I effort will result in a complete design for a system that will perform GPS translator signal receive, relay, record and interface. the record capability will use conventional analog telemetry recorders that are typically available at most test ranges. A microwave relay of translator data will be supported over a channel that has a 7.5 mhz sub-carrier, 1 3 mhz bandwidth and 3 degree phase jitter.
