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Ice telemetry performance
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Layland, J. W. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Acquiring telemetry data from the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) at its encounter with the comet Giacobini-Zinner on September 11, 1985 proved to be among the more difficult challenges the DSN has met in recent years. The ICE spacecraft began its life as an Earth orbiting monitor of the Solar Wind. At the comet, ICE was nearly 50 times as distant as in its initial role, with its signal strength diminished nearly 2500 times. Collecting enough of that weak signal to provide meaningful scientific data about the comet required unique new telemetry capabilities and special handling by the DSN. This article describes the development and validation of the DSN telemetry capability for ICE from its early planning stages through the successful comet encounter. |
| File Size | 619677 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860013334 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0wq4vc97 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-02-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking Signal Reception Radio Signals Deep Space Network International Sun Earth Explorer 3 Radio Telemetry Giacobini-zinner Comet Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
