TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Space Link Extension Return Channel Frames (SLE-RCF) Software Library (GSC-TOPS-72)

Scope

NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology.

License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.

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THE TECHNOLOGY: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) employs many advanced innovations developed at Goddard and in collaboration with other organizations.

The applications and benefits for these technologies are advantageous for many other industries as well.

One of those technologies is the Space Link Extension Return Channel Frames (SLE-RCF) software library.

This software library enables a mission control center to receive telemetry frames from a ground station.

The technology implements the SLE-RCF protocol as defined by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS).

Software routines can be reused from mission to mission.

The Space Link Extension Return Channel Frames (SLE-RCF) software library helps to monitor the health and safety of spacecraft by enabling space agency ground support and mission control centers to develop standardized and interoperable mission control applications for space telemetry data.

The software library eliminates the need for missions to implement custom data communication designs to communicate with any ground station.

The two main tasks accomplished via the SLE-RCF software library are processing user requests and receiving data from ground stations and ground support assets.

The software library contains three layers: -SLE (Space Link Extension) for the abstract workings of the protocol -DEL (Decoding and Encoding Layer) to decode and encode the abstract messages used by the SLE layer -T...