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DAMA Access
Channel
Controller
Computer System
Users
•Users acquire the satellite and log in with a channel controller computer system
over an Engineering Order Wire (EOW) secured by a Transmission Security Key
(TSK). Once logged in, all user requests for satellite access are carried over the
EOW to the control station.
• The data and/or voice communications are encrypted with a separate COMSEC
TEK. Normally the same TEK used in Dedicated SATCOM. The channel
controller does not need the TEK.