Citation
Abstract
This article discusses the telecommunications performance during the Viking extended mission, starting with the completion of the first superior conjunction in November 1976 and ending with the jettison of the VO-2 aft bioshield early in March 1978. Continued Viking operations are planned through February 1979, concluding with the second superior conjunction. Included in this article are Viking Orbiter activities and problems, the ground system activities and problems, radio science activities, and communication link performance. The substantial involvement of the Deep Space Network and the coordination of their telecommunications planners with Viking Project telecommunications analysts in the planning and execution of complex Viking Orbiter sequences are discussed.
Details
- Volume
- 42-45
- Published
- June 15, 1978
- Pages
- 7–34
- File Size
- 3.0 MB