Citation

Abstract

On day of the year (DOY) 062, 1994, a prototype of the Deep Space Communications Complex Galileo Telemetry subsystem successfully tracked and processed signals from the Galileo spacecraft, under fully suppressed-carrier modulation. The demonstration took place at Goldstone, employing the 70-m antenna and the 34-m high-efficiency antenna. This article presents the findings from that demonstration. Specific issues are the system performance in terms of signal-to-noise (SNR) degradation and the arraying gain. Validation of the test results is via symbol-errorrate measurement and the standard symbol SNR. The analysis is also extended to include characterization of the signal received from Galileo.

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Volume
42-119
Published
November 15, 1994
Pages
1–15
File Size
527.6 KB