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Abstract

This article reports the status of the X-band uplink development program from a systems’ viewpoint, The hardware, designed and built under tem stability testing is underway. the program, is now in place at DSS-13. SysAn X-band receive capability is being implemented on both the Galileo and the Venus Radar Mapper spacecraft. Experiments will be conducted that will serve both to demonstrate the capabilities of the X-band uplink system and to enhance science objectives on those missions. These objectives are briefly described.

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Volume
42-77
Published
May 15, 1984
Pages
24–32
File Size
683.6 KB