Improved downlink frequency calculations for Voyager 2
Abstract
Voyager 2 and her sister Voyager 1 were launched, respectively, in August and September 1977. The object of these spacecraft was to conduct exploratory investigations of the Jupiter and Saturn planetary systems and the interplanetary medium between Earth and Saturn. In April 1978 the Voyager 2 redundant receiver and the loop capacitor in the prime spacecraft receiver failed, leaving the Voyager Project with a major problem: how to communicate with the spacecraft and get the data back.
- Publication:
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The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report
- Pub Date:
- November 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982tdar.nasa...27R
- Keywords:
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- Downlinking;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Spacecraft Electronic Equipment;
- Voyager 2 Spacecraft;
- Capacitors;
- Failure Analysis;
- Radio Receivers;
- Communications and Radar