In Silico Methods for Space System Analysis: Optical Link Coding Performance and Lunar Terrain Masks

• Main Authors: Lee, Carlyn B, Xie, Hua, Lee, Charles, Lyakhv, Dmitry, Michels, Dominik L
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020 2022
• Subjects: South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/53265

As deep space links migrate toward higher frequency bands like ???????? and optical, thor- ough trade-space exploration becomes increasingly valuable for designing reliable and efficient communications systems. In this contribution, we leveraged high-performance, concurrent simulations when the run-time complexity of simulation software overwhelms capabilities of ordinary desktop machines. The first part of this manuscript describes how to run error correcting code simulations concurrently on a high-performance supercomputer. The second part of this study describes a framework to produce azimuth and elevation terrain masks from imagery of the Lunar South Pole. NASA/JPL