Citation
Abstract
As part of the activity for preparing the Deep Space Network for support of the Viking mission, it is planned to conduct a series of tests in which multiple data streams are passed between the Deep Space Stations (DSSs) and the Viking Mission Control and Computing Center (VMCCC). The data streams simulate real data types and data rates and are handled by all the hardware and software in the DSS and VMCCC in exactly the same way as the real data. The performance of the DSN and VMCCC in generating, handling, and processing these data is a measure of the readiness of the entire Ground Data System to enter live mission support. The first series of these tests has recently been run between the Compatibility Test Area (CTA 21) and the VMCCC and the results are reported in this article.
Details
- Volume
- 42-22
- Published
- August 15, 1974
- Pages
- 5–10
- File Size
- 548.9 KB