Simultaneous dual-frequency, round-trip calibration of Doppler data with application to radio science experiments
Abstract
Simultaneous dual-frequency, round-trip calibration of Doppler data is discussed in light of unequal spacecraft turnaround ratios at S- and X-band. The impact of unequal turnaround ratios on calibration accuracies in the specific cases of the Gravitational Wave Detection Experiment and the Solar Gravitational Quadrupole Moment Experiment is considered.
- Publication:
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The Deep Space Network
- Pub Date:
- December 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978dsn..nasa...49B
- Keywords:
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- Calibrating;
- Data Transmission;
- Deep Space Network;
- Doppler Effect;
- Radio Telemetry;
- Superhigh Frequencies;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Charged Particles;
- Gravitational Waves;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Solar Gravitation;
- Solar Wind;
- Communications and Radar