Cassini radio and plasma wave investigation: Data compression and scientific applications

Authors :: Woolliscroft, L. J. C
Farrell, W. M
Alleyne, H. St. C
Gurnett, D. A
Kirchner, D. L
Kurth, W. S
Thompson, J. A
Source :: British Interplanetary Society, Journal. 46(3)
Publication Year :: 1993
Publisher :: United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1993.
Abstract: The Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) experiment being built for the Cassini spacecraft will study a wide range of plasma and radio wave phenomena in the magnetosphere of Saturn and will also make valuable measurements during the cruise phase and at other encounters. A feature of data from wave receivers is the capability of producing vastly more data than the spacecraft telemetry link is capable of transmitting back to the Earth. Thus, techniques of on-board data compression and data reduction are important. The RPWS instrument has one processor dedicated to data compression tasks.

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