[CMC] MER - MEx uplink: initial results

[Adrian J. Hooke]

Another success for the CCSDS proximity link protocol, with NASA's MER 
talking to ESA's Mars Express:

>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:48:07 +0000
>From: Duncan Fortune <duncan.fortune at virgin.net>
>Subject: MER - MEx uplink: initial results
>To: bradford.w.arnold at jpl.nasa.gov, Con.McCarthy at esa.int
>Cc: Byron.B.Jones at jpl.nasa.gov, Michel.Denis at esa.int, Alan.Moorhouse at esa.int,
>  Me <dlfortune at space.QinetiQ.com>, adrian.hooke at jpl.nasa.gov
>
>I'm pleased to report another successful MER - Mars Express communication 
>link.
>
>AOS by Mars Express was achieved at 2005-12-17 00:19:08.
>
>During the subsequent 4min 38sec pass, 271,054 bytes of lander data were 
>received. From the digitial information available, the link margin would 
>appear to be very good, as there were no errors detected or 
>retransmissions required.
>
>The effective (average) data transfer rate was 7800bits per second.
>
>LOS was at 00:23:46.
>
>Congratulations to all involved on another successful demonstration of the 
>nascent international, interplanetary network.
>
>Duncan Fortune
>Melacom Operations Engineer
>
>Note: All times are as reported by the Melacom internal clock.

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