Citation
Abstract
The activities of the Development Support Group in operating and maintaining the Venus Deep Space Station (DSS 13) and the Microwave Test Facility are discussed and summarized and progress noted during the period December 16, 1974 through February 15, 1975. Major activities include preparation for a planned ‘‘automated station’’ demonstration and hardware/ software testing therefor, observations of rotation constancy of various pulsars, continued collection of Faraday rotation data with which to effect correction of spacecraft data for Earth’s ionosphere effects, solar energy instrumentation data collection activities, 400-kW X-band radar, Block IV receiver/exciter testing at DSS 14, and testing for electromagnetic compatibility with the proposed Goldstone surveillance radar. Extensive DSN 100-kW klystron testing, routine clock synchronization transmissions, and radio science support activities are also reported.
Details
- Volume
- 42-26
- Published
- April 15, 1975
- Pages
- 119–122
- File Size
- 388.4 KB