Citation
Abstract
The Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems’ Networks Consolidation Program (NCP), managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), includes the implementation of a 26-meter Tracking and Communications Subnet as a part of the Mark IVA Deep Space Network (DSN). The incorporation of this subnet into the DSN will contribute to the NCP goal of consolidating the two NASA ground tracking networks into one tracking network to be operated for NASA by JPL. The ground networks to be consolidated are the Ground Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the DSN operated by JPL. The 26-meter Tracking and Communication Subnet has been designed to provide the capability to support, at each Deep Space Communication Complex, the tracking and data communication requirements of the earth-orbital missions that cannot be supported by the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System when it becomes operational. Previous articles in the TDA Progress Report have traced the history and progress of the NCP’s planning and budgeting activities. This article deals with the implementation activities associated with the 26-meter Tracking and Communications Subnet and its planned capabilities as an element of the consolidated DSN.
Details
- Volume
- 42-79
- Published
- November 15, 1984
- Pages
- 152–159
- File Size
- 572.6 KB