TASKING/PROCESSING ALTERNATIVES
THEATER CENTRALIZED (ONE DOWNLINK POINT PER CONTINGENCY)
- REDUCES DCGS UPGRADE COSTS
- INCREASES PROCESSING EFFICIENCY
- CREATES BOTTLENECK/SINGLE POINT FAILURE
- CREATES LARGE COMM PATH DEMAND FOR PRIMARY DISSEM
- CREATES DELAYS FROM REAL TIME
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APPORTIONMENT OF PASS SEGMENTS (MULTIPLE DOWNLINK POINTS PER PASS)
- INCREASES MISSION PLANNING COMPLEXITY
- IMAGES PROCESSED BY INTERESTED DCGS SYSTEM
- PROVIDES REAL TIME CONNECTIVITY
- SLOWS DOWNLINK DELIVERY, ANTENNA SLEW/SYNCH TIME GROWS
- FITS WITH SECONDARY DISSEMINATION PATHS