Citation
Abstract
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory maintains a Deep Space Network (DSN) Maintenance Center (DMC), whose task is to engineer and manage the repair and calibration program for the electronic and mechanical equipment used in the tracking stations located at Madrid, Spain, and Canberra, Australia. The DMC also manages the Goldstone Complex Maintenance Facility (GCMF), whose task is to repair and calibrate the Goldstone electronic and mechanical equipment. The combined DMC and GCMF is operated by the Bendix Field Engineering Corporation under contract to JPL. Prior to January 1981, the DMC and GCFM were located at the Goldstone Echo site. This paper discusses the rationale for moving the facility to Barstow, California, and the benefits derived from the move...
Details
- Volume
- 42-65
- Published
- October 15, 1981
- Pages
- 180–181
- File Size
- 169.4 KB