Citation
Abstract
Ground station range delays are currently being performed at 64-m stations in the DSN by use of the “Translator Method.” This method requires the absolute calibrations of the delays of the Block 4 Doppler Translator Assembly as well as the cables connecting it to the high-power coupler uplink sampling point and the downlink injection points into S- and X-band masers. In this article the techniques for calibrating the translator path by means of a portable zero delay device are described. In addition, some translator path data taken at DSS 14, Goldstone, over a period of about one year is presented.
Details
- Volume
- 42-37
- Published
- February 15, 1977
- Pages
- 188–197
- File Size
- 1.7 MB