Space Communications and Navigation Testbed (SCaN Testbed)
The SCaN Testbed was an ISS experimental software-defined-radio platform that advanced space communications, navigation, and networking capabilities. It operated for nearly seven years and more than 4,200 hours, developing S- and Ka-band waveforms, GPS and Galileo navigation reception, delay-tolerant networking, on-board routing, and adaptive cognitive-radio demonstrations. The completed project raised software-defined-radio maturity from TRL 4 to 8 and supported infusion into later NASA and commercial missions.
Identity
- Aliases
- SCaN TestbedSpace Communications and Navigation TestbedSCaN
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Space Communications and Navigation Testbed (SCaN Testbed)
- Status
- completed
- Types
- developmentresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- The SCaN Testbed was an ISS experimental software-defined-radio platform that advanced space communications, navigation, and networking capabilities. It operated for nearly seven years and more than 4,200 hours, developing S- and Ka-band waveforms, GPS and Galileo navigation reception, delay-tolerant networking, on-board routing, and adaptive cognitive-radio demonstrations. The completed project raised software-defined-radio maturity from TRL 4 to 8 and supported infusion into later NASA and commercial missions.
- End Date
- 2019-06-30
- Leads
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2012-07-01
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 04:58:12 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 04:58:12 UTC
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