Citation
Abstract
The DSN has already completed 6 months of continuous telemetry data acquisition, command, and radio metric tracking support for Pioneer 10, which was launched on March 4, 1972. The Pioneer 10 spacecraft, on the way to the giant planet Jupiter, crossed the orbit of Mars during the first part of May and entered the asteroid belt in the middle of July 1972. A summary of extended mission support capabilities is presented.
Details
- Volume
- XI
- Published
- October 15, 1972
- Pages
- 14–18
- File Size
- 555.9 KB