SNIP "Test Fish"

The various interoperable spacecraft and frequency band support is categorized as follows:

F - SNIP Experimental ("Test Fish") E - Agency Experimental
T - Technically Compatible A - Agency User ("Home Grown")
S - Operational Interoperability ? - Possibly
"-" - Not Compatible X - Time Frame Incompatible

The table below provides each agency's candidate user spacecraft and the associated host data relay satellites which could provide interoperable space network support (in various Frequency Bands).

HOST AGENCY ESA NASA NASDA
HOST RELAY ARTEMIS
1997 		DRSS
TBD 		TDRSS NOW TDRS-H,I,J
1999 		ETS-VI
1994 		COMETS
1997 		DRTS
2001
IOL FREQUENCY BAND S
S
A 		K
A 		S
M
A 		S
S
A 		K
A 		S
M
A 		S
S
A 		E
M
A 		S
S
A 		K
A 		S
M
A 		K
A 		S
S
A 		K
A 		S
S
A 		K
A
**** ESA ****
SPOT-4/1997 E - E E - - T - T - - - F - T -
ENVISAT-1/1998 E A - E A - T - T T - T T T T T
METOP-1/2000 ? A ? ? A ? ? ? ? T ? T ? T ? T
ATV/1998 A - - A - - T - T - - - T - T -
COF/2000 - A - - A - - - - S - - - T - T
CTV/2001 A - A A - T T T T - - - T - T -
**** NASA ****
STS/NOW T - - T - - A - A - - - T - T -
HST/NOW T - T T - A A A A - T - T - T -
ISS/1998 S - - S - - A - A - - - T - T -
EOS-AM/1997 T - T T - A A A A - T - T - T -
AXAF/1998 T - T T - A A A A - T - T - T -
GRO/NOW T - T T - A A A A - - - T - T -
TOPEX/NOW T - T T - A A A A - T - T - T -
XTE/1995 T - T T - A A A A - T - T - T -
TRMM/1996-97 T - ? T - - A - A - - - F - T -
EUVE/NOW T - T T - A A A A - T - T - T -
UARS/NOW T - T T - A A A A - F - T - T -
*** NASDA ***
HOPE/1999(?) T T T T T T T T T T - - X X A A
ADEOS/1996 T F T T T T T T T T X E E E E E
JEM/1999 - T - - T - - - - T - - - A - A
ADEOS-II/1999 T - - T ? - T - T T - - A A A A
ETS-VII/1997 F - - T - - T - T - - - A - - -
OICETS/2000 F - - T - - T - T - - - A - A -
ALOS/2001 T ? - T ? - T - T T - - A - A A
HTV/2001 T - ? T - ? T ? T - - - A - A -

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