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NASA SP-200 1-4227 UPLINKD- LINK Douglas J. Mudgway The NASA History Series National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of External Relations Washington, DC 200 1 ISBN 0-1 6-066599-X For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 5 1 2- 1800; DC area (202) 5 12-1 800 Fax: (202) 5 12-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 ISBN 0-16 -066599-X Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mudgway, Douglas J. 1923- Uplink-Downlink: A History of the NASA Deep Space Network , 1957-1997 1 Dowlas J. Mudgway. p. cm. - (NASA SP ; 2001-4227) (The NASA history series) Includes bibli~~raphicarelf erences and index. 1. Deep Space Network-History. I. Tirle. 11. Series. 111. Series: The NASA history series This book is dedicated to the memory of Nichs%aAs e Remetti 19141998 Throughout his entire career at JPL (1959-1996), Nicholas A. Renzetti brought the strength and dynamism of his own character to the Deep Space Network. Some of it passed to all of those he touched and to every task he undertook. Due in no small part to his continued advocacy there exists a con- tinuous record of the technical achievements of the Network from its inception to 1997, in the form of the "TDA Progress Reports" series. He gave rise, also, to many other publications that reflected the breadth of activity in which the Network engaged. For many years, Renzetti envisioned a project that would distill the essence of materials collected into a single book-length narrative covering the full story of the Deep Space Network-scientific, technical, operational, personal, and political. My pleasure at having undertaken the task is tempered only by my regret that he was unable to see it completed. Doagh J Mudgwdy Sonoma, Cal$ornia Dedication Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction The Solar System Size and Composition Terrestrial Planets Jovian Planets Inner and Outer Planets Asteroids Comets Earth and Its Reference Systems Earth Motions I xxxv Time Conventions I xxxv Interplanetary Trajectories 1 m i i Deep Space Communications m i i Bands and Frequencies xxxviii Doppler Effect m i i i Cassegrain Focus Antennas xxxk Uplink and Downlink xl Signal Power xl Coherence di Decibels xliii Modulation and Demodulation xliv Spacecraft Radio System xliv An Essential Part of the Answer Goldstone, California The Pioneer Lunar Probes The Echo Balloon Experiment The Venus Radar Experiment Research and Development Antenna Washington, DC Woomera, Australia UPLINK-DOWNLAIN HKIS: TOROYF THE DEEPS PACEN ETWORK Johannesburg, South Africa The Mariner Era Mission Set The Ranger Lunar Missions Mariner Planetary Missions Mariner 1762 Mariner 1764 Mariner 1967 Mariner 1967 Mariner 1971 Mariner 1973 Pioneer Interplanetary Missions Pioneer Jupiter Missions Surveyor Lunar Lander Missions Lunar Orbiter Missions Apollo Missions The Deep Space Instrumentation Facility (DSIP) The Facility (DSIF) Becomes a Network (DSN) L-band to S-band Improvements for the Mariner Mars Missions The Need for a Second Network Larger Antennas are Needed Incremental Improvements in the Network Flight Project Requirements Become Formalized The DSN Becomes a Multimission Network Openings and Closings Looking Back Endnotes The Viking Era Mission Set The Network Network Operations The Helios Mission The Viking Mission The Voyager Mission Pioneers 6-1 I Pioneer Venus Network Engineering and Implementation The DSN Mark I11 System Design Implementation for Viking DSN Mark 111-75 Model The 64-meter Stations The 26-meter Stations High-Power Transmitter Mars Radar The Introduction of X-band The 64-meter Antenna Problems DSN Mark I11 Data System Project Mark I11 Data System (MDS) Implementation DSN Mark 111-77 Model DSN Mark 111-77 Telemetry System DSN Mark 111-77 Command System DSN Mark 111-77 Tracking System DSN Mark 111-77 Ground Communications DSN Mark 111-77 Arraying Capability DSN Mark 111-77 Decoding Capability The 26-meter Antenna S-X Conversion Project Oveniew Endnotes The Voyager Era Deep Space Missions Earth-Orbiting Missions Network Operations Prime Missions Voyager at Jupiter Voyager at Saturn Venus Balloon/Pathfinder Voyager at Uranus Uranus Encounter Errtended Missions Helios Viking at Mars Pioneers 6 9 Pioneers 10, 11 Pioneer 12 (Venus Orbiter) Highly-elliptical Orbiters ICE AMPTE Reimbursable Missions Network Engineering and hnplementation New 34-meter High-Efficiency Antennas The 64-meter to 70-meter Antenna Extension Rehabilitation of DSS 14 Pedestal DSS 14 Azimuth Radial Bearing DSS 43 Pedestal Antenna Performance Upgrade Microwave Design Considerations Kicker Braces Subr eflector Surface Panels Madrid Site Implementation Canberra Site Implementation Goldstone Site Implementation Networks Consolidation Mark TVA Implementation Signal Processing Centers Mark IVA Network Operations Control Center Mark IVA Ground Communications Facility DSN Mark IVA System Upgrades Mark IVA Telemetry Mark IVA Command Mark IVA Tracking 1 An Abrupt Transition Endnotes The Galileo Era A Defining Moment Mission Set Overview Network Operations Deep Space Prime Missions The Comet Halley Missions Giotto Phobos Background for MagelIan Magellan Mission to Venus Voyager at Neptune Background for Galileo Galileo Mission to Jupiter Background for Ulysses Ulysses Solar Mission Background for Mars Observer Mars Observer Mission Deep Space Extended Missions The pioneer Missions International Cometary Explorer (ICE) Voyager Interstellar Mission Earth Orbiter Missions Generaf Emergency Mission Support Network Engineering and Implementation The 70-meter Antennas Elevation Bearing Failure Gearbox Rehabilitation Subreflector Drive Problems Interagency Arraying Parkes-Canberra Telemetry Array VLA-Goldstone Telemetry Array The X-band Uplink Block V Receiver The DSN Galileo Telemetry (DGT) Subsystem Beam Waveguide Antennas Signal Processing Center Upgade Task Background Signal Processing Centers Upgrade SPC Telemetry SPC Command SPC Tracking Network Operations Control Center Ground Communications Facility A Successful Conclusion Endnotes The Cassini Era Winds of Change The Cassini Era Mission Set Deep Space Missions General Galileo Ulysses Voyagers I and 2 Pioneer 10 Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mars Global Surveyor Mars Pathfinder Cassini Earth-Orbiting Missions General Space VLBI Observatory Program The Network Complexes and Antennas Ka-band Downlink Orbiting VLBI Subnetwork Emergency Control Center Other Aspects Endnotes CHAPTE RT HE ADVANCEO F TECHNOLOING TYHE DEEPS PACEN ETWORK 458 The DSN Technology Program 459 The Great Antennas of the DSN 467 Forward CommandlData Link (Uplink) 468 Return TelemetrylData Link (Downlink)
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