Citation
Abstract
The Radio Science System installed at Parkes, Australia for the Voyager Neptune encounter was specified to meet the same stringent requirements that were imposed upon the DSN Radio Science System. This article describes the system design and test methodology employed to meet these requirements at Parkes, and presents data showing the measured performance of the system. The results indicate that the system operates with a comfortable margin on the requirements. There was a minor problem with frequency-dependent spurious signals which could not be fixed before the encounter. Test results characterizing these spurious signals are included.
Details
- Volume
- 42-99
- Published
- November 15, 1989
- Pages
- 189–205
- File Size
- 710.1 KB