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Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Second International Planetary Probe Workshop SWA 1 26 August 2004 Deep Space Network Capabilities for Receiving Weak Probe Signals Sami Asmar Doug Johnston Robert Preston Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Presented at NASA Ames Research Center https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20070014619 2020-07-12T04:51:27+00:00Z

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Page 1: Deep Space Network Capabilities for Receiving Weak Probe ...€¦ · Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Second International Planetary Probe Workshop SWA

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scen

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icat

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itica

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rect

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plitu

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ent l

ock-

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gnal

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ext

ract

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of te

lem

etry

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ampl

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oss o

f Mar

s Obs

erve

r, nu

tatio

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s Pat

hfin

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nd M

ars E

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n R

over

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ry,

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cent

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Lan

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the

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wor

k ca

pabi

lity

to h

andl

e su

ch c

ases

has

bee

n us

ed su

cces

sful

ly to

rece

ive

sign

als t

o ch

arac

teriz

e th

e sc

enar

io•

This

pap

er w

ill d

escr

ibe

the

capa

bilit

y an

d hi

ghlig

ht th

e ca

ses o

f th

e cr

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l com

mun

icat

ions

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robe

at

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opes

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ific

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com

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faci

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gain

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Poin

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ace

loss

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Pola

rizat

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loss

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ting

loss

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enna

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You

Hea

r Me

Now

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Rad

io S

cien

ce R

ecei

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depe

nden

t of t

rack

ing

rece

iver

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pen-

loop

dow

n-co

nver

sion

•Tu

ned

by “

pred

icts

” ge

nera

ted

from

nav

igat

ion

info

rmat

ion

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eque

ncy

pred

ictio

ns g

ener

ated

by

Rad

io S

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ce S

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up c

an in

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e m

odel

of p

lane

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tmos

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otel

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ette

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sign

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ynam

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aptu

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path

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hoic

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dwid

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mpl

ing

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ativ

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atio

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ce•

SOI m

aneu

ver o

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ized

for c

aptu

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usi

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imum

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ount

of f

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man

date

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form

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out c

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dvan

ced

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mos

t exp

ensi

ve

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ry sp

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ppre

ciat

ed v

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of i

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mat

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ence

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by ri

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2.5

Hz/

sec

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min

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ifest

ed a

s dev

iatio

ns fr

om p

redi

cted

sign

al fr

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ear s

olar

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der S

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atio

n: E

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s (2

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s (2

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ne is

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smitt

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then

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ones

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