Citation
Abstract
During testing of near simultaneous ranging techniques, a major shortcoming of the standard DSN uplink transfer procedure was uncovered. Use of the standard procedure resulted in loss of phase coherence between received and reference range codes for the round trip light time following a transfer. It is the intent of this article to report on the philosophy behind, and the operational procedure developed for near simultaneous range transfers, a new uplink transfer procedure that will enable the DSN to generate good range data during the interval from transmitter off to loss of the coherent downlink.
Details
- Volume
- 42-44
- Published
- April 15, 1978
- Pages
- 252–259
- File Size
- 650.9 KB