Citation
Abstract
This report covers the period from April 15, 1974 through October 15, 1974. April 15, 1974 marked the end of the Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 Project and the beginning of the Mariner 10 Extended Mission Project. The Extended Mission Project was formally approved to include a Sun-side second encounter of Mercury and an understanding that every reasonable effort would be made to preserve the possibility of achieving a dark-side third encounter of Mercury in March 1975. In addition to the Mercury second encounter (Mercury I), DSN support during this report period included other major events, such as superior conjunction and two trajectory correction maneuvers. This article also summarizes the special antenna arraying experiment that the DSN conducted to enhance the video data quality at Mercury I.
Details
- Volume
- 42-25
- Published
- February 15, 1975
- Pages
- 5–7
- File Size
- 502.9 KB