Citation
Abstract
Radio science ranging requirements negotiated between past and present flight projects and the DSN have generally focused on just the DSS and spacecraft hardware. All elements in the end-to-end ranging system must be analyzed and considered in terms of an error hierarchy before reasonable and cost-effective requirements can be levied upon any individual element. This article defines and examines the end-to-end ranging system as it applies to the generation of radio science ranging requirements. Particularly emphasized is the variability of the performance levels of certain of the system elements with respect to the type of radio science experiment being performed and the DSN-spacecraft frequency band configuration.
Details
- Volume
- 42-47
- Published
- October 15, 1978
- Pages
- 65–71
- File Size
- 651.4 KB