Usuda deep Space Station with 64-meter-diameter antenna
Abstract
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan, constructed a new deep space ground station with 64-meter-diameter antenna at Usuda-cho, Nagano, in 1984. The station has successfully operated in the tracking of 'Sakigake', the first Japanese interplanetary spacecraft that ISAS launched on January 8, 1985. This paper describes the facilities and the features of the Usuda Station, the results of Sakigake tracking, as well as the features of the softwares for trajectory generation and orbit determination that have been developed for deep space missions.
- Publication:
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Stockholm International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- October 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985stoc.iafcS....N
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Deep Space Instrumentation Facility;
- Ground Stations;
- Space Stations;
- Spacecraft Tracking;
- Tracking Stations;
- Antenna Feeds;
- Applications Programs (Computers);
- Orbit Calculation;
- Reflectors;
- Spacecraft Trajectories;
- Structural Design;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking