Range Safety and Telemetry System (RSTS) is a GPS based, S-band telemetry receiving and UHF command destruct system, with two 5.4-meter telemetry and command destruct auto-tracking antennas. The system, built by
Honeywell
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International, is capable of providing four redundant telemetry links and expanding for added telemetry link receiving.
The prime purpose of the RSTS is to provide the
range safety and telemetry functions necessary to track and verify a safe rocket flight within prescribed boundaries or safely terminate an errant rocket.
One of the, operationally identical, RSTS systems is located at the
Kodiak Launch Center Kodiak may refer to:
Places
*Kodiak, Alaska, a city located on Kodiak island
*Kodiak, Missouri, an unincorporated community
*Kodiak Archipelago, in southern Alaska
*Kodiak Island, the largest island of the Kodiak archipelago
** Kodiak Launch Compl ...
(KLC) in
Alaska
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with the second mobile
unit at varying mission specific sites, such as off-axis locations. Either system can act in conjunction with each other or as a stand-alone unit.
The RSTS is similar in design to the Ballistic Missile Range Safety Technology (
BMRST
Ballistic Missile Range Safety Technology (BMRST) is a mobile system designed and built by Honeywell International in Clearwater Florida, to monitor and provide space-vehicle position data during launches. The BMRST system consists of a control c ...
) operated at
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Headquartered at the nearby Patrick Space Force Base, the station ...
, Florida.
External links
RSTS Operating at KLCKLC Users Manual (11.7MB PDF)
Telemetry