Citation
Abstract
This article continues the description of the Pioneer F and G missions. The tracking and data acquisition support requirements are correlated with the mission characteristics. A description of the spacecraft’s telecommunications and antenna subsystems is given. The CONSCAN subsystem, which has an automatic Earth-homing capability, is also delineated. The typical characteristics of the S-band telecommunications link during Jupiter encounter are depicted.
Details
- Volume
- III
- Published
- June 15, 1971
- Pages
- 7–18
- File Size
- 1.3 MB