Implementation of wireless technologies on launch vehicles
John Culbertson, Eric Besnard, Gabriel Martin, Ali Abedi, Frederick Schwaner, John Garvey · 2011
Wireless technologies provides unique advantages in their implementation on launch vehicles in two major areas, Low Cost Drop-in wireless telemetry systems and Stage to stage wireless communication. Low-Cost Drop-in wireless telemetry systems provide engineers the ability to easily integrate new sensors in the later stages of vehicle development with minimal changes to vehicle configuration. Statge to stage wireless communication systems provide a risk mitigating alternative to traditional break away umbilicals between stages.