Telecommunications and data acquisition systems support for the Viking 1975 mission to Mars, volume 5
Abstract
The support provided by the Deep Space Network to the Viking Project from 1 June 1978 to 30 April 1980 is described. The project was supported by the worldwide network of Deep Space Stations with 26- and 64-meter-diameter antennas, together with a ground communications system, for the transmission of commands, telemetry, radio metric data, and operational instructions between the stations and the network operation control center in Pasadena, California. Assistance was substantially less than in the previous phases of the Viking Project in order to provide adequate support to the Pioneer and Voyager Projects.
- Publication:
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Jet Propulsion Lab. Report
- Pub Date:
- April 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982jpl..rept.....L
- Keywords:
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- Data Acquisition;
- Deep Space Network;
- Satellite Ground Support;
- Telecommunication;
- Viking Mars Program;
- Communication Networks;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Viking Lander Spacecraft;
- Viking Orbiter Spacecraft;
- Communications and Radar