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Abstract

Often an emergency telemetry mode is automatically selected by a spacecraft during emergencies. During such emergencies the DSN must acquire the spacecraft telemetry as rapidly as possible under weak fluctuating signal conditions. Test data herein show the bit error properties of one emergency telemetry mode candidate with a very low bit rate of 4 BPS. Analysis reveals the E,/N, necessary to obtain the performance BER threshold and associated acquisition times.

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Volume
42-66
Published
December 15, 1981
Pages
335–340
File Size
351.4 KB