Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Uplink - Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997, Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini Eras, DSN as a Scientific Instrument (NASA SP-2001-4227)
    Unavailable
    Uplink - Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997, Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini Eras, DSN as a Scientific Instrument (NASA SP-2001-4227)
    Unavailable
    Uplink - Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997, Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini Eras, DSN as a Scientific Instrument (NASA SP-2001-4227)
    Ebook848 pages17 hours

    Uplink - Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997, Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini Eras, DSN as a Scientific Instrument (NASA SP-2001-4227)

    By Progressive Management

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - provides a comprehensive, readable history of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), the network of antennas communicating with interplanetary probes including the eras of the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini spacecraft. Contents: Genesis: 1957—1961; The Mariner Era: 1961—1974; The Viking Era: 1974—1978; The Voyager Era: 1977—1986; The Galileo Era: 1986—1996; The Cassini Era: 1996—1997; The Advance of Technology in the Deep Space Network; The Deep Space Network as a Scientific Instrument; The Deep Space Network as an Organization in Change.

    From the Foreword: "Without the remarkable improvement in performance of the DSN, scientific missions to the distant planets would have been impossible. In 1964, when Mariner IV flew past Mars and took a few photographs, the limitation of the communication link meant that it took eight hours to return to Earth a single photograph from the Red Planet. By 1989, when Voyager observed Neptune, the DSN capability had increased so much that almost real-time video could be received from the much more distant planet, Neptune. It is timely that, some 40 years after its inception, the Deep Space Network should be recognized for its remarkable litany of progress in radio communications over vast distances, thereby allowing planetary scientists to collect data from sites throughout the solar system. This book succeeds in bringing the history of the DSN forward for the attention of curious, generally informed, or technical specialist readers.

    In planning this book, New Zealand-born author Douglas Mudgway was faced with the formidable problem of making an extremely complex technology comprehensible to the curious or generally informed reader, while at the same time presenting for the specialist reader a historically accurate account of the advance of the technology that made possible more sophisticated planetary missions. The task was further complicated by the fact that the DSN was in a constant state of change, changes that were in consonance with the requirements of the space missions it was supporting. For the former type of reader, Mudgway describes what the DSN actually did, within the framework of several overarching eras, each corresponding to a period of time during which a major NASA deep space mission dominated the public scene. The Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Galileo Eras are examples. He provides an inside view of what it took to design, build, and operate those tenuous radio communication links between the controllers, engineers, and scientists at computer terminals at JPL and billion dollar spacecraft about to land on Mars, orbit around Jupiter, or fly through the rings of Saturn. For the latter reader, the author provides an excellent review of the growth of the specialized technology that underlaid the remarkable expansion of Network capability that enabled the design of increasingly ambitious planetary missions."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProgressive Management
    Release dateJan 19, 2012
    ISBN9781466137301
    Unavailable
    Uplink - Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997, Mariner, Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini Eras, DSN as a Scientific Instrument (NASA SP-2001-4227)
    Author

    Progressive Management

    Progressive Management: For over a quarter of a century, our news, educational, technical, scientific, and medical publications have made unique and valuable references accessible to all people. Our imprints include PM Medical Health News, Advanced Professional Education and News Service, Auto Racing Analysis, and World Spaceflight News. Many of our publications synthesize official information with original material. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work to uniformly present authoritative knowledge that can be rapidly read, reviewed or searched. Vast archives of important data that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. The e-book format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference book that is as convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from renowned experts you trust. Our e-books put knowledge at your fingertips, and an expert in your pocket!

    Related to Uplink - Downlink

    Related ebooks

    Astronomy & Space Sciences For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Voyager 2: A Personal Voyage

      May 29, 2019

      Voyager 2: A Personal Voyage
      2 min read

    • Article

      BIG SCOPES For A Big Sky

      Jul 10, 2019

      BIG SCOPES For A Big Sky
      5 min read

    • Article

      Beyond The Solar System

      May 19, 2022

      Beyond The Solar System
      7 min read

    • Article

      Radio Broadcasts From The Sun

      Feb 27, 2019

      Radio Broadcasts From The Sun
      2 min read

    • Article

      Remembering Frank Drake

      Oct 20, 2022

      Remembering Frank Drake
      2 min read

    • Article

      A Salon For Space Lovers

      Jul 5, 2022

      A Salon For Space Lovers
      7 min read

    • Article

      New Search For Alien Life

      Sep 9, 2021

      New Search For Alien Life
      11 min read

    • Article

      Reaching For The Stars

      Oct 6, 2023

      Reaching For The Stars
      3 min read

    • Article

      Move Over, Mars

      Jun 3, 2021

      Move Over, Mars
      4 min read

    • Article

      Arecibo’s Legacy

      Aug 4, 2021

      DISASTERS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES AND HURRICANES are common in Puerto Rico. Only about 180 by 60 kilometres in extent, the small island lies 1,600 kilometres southeast of Miami, far from any major landmass. The Atlantic Ocean beats against its northern s

      11 min read

    • Article

      Field Of View

      Sep 16, 2021

      Field Of View
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Grand Tour

      Sep 2, 2021

      The Grand Tour
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Hidden Science of the Missing Gravitational Waves: A relatively unknown experiment is already drawing conclusions from the sound of silence.

      Jul 21, 2016

      Space should be churned up like a speedboat-filled lake, crisscrossed by gravitational waves rushing at the speed of light in every direction. That’s because any kind of acceleration, of any kind of mass, will produce a gravitational wave. When you w

      10 min read

    • Article

      Win A Celestron Astro Fi 130 Telescope Worth Over £400

      Nov 30, 2023

      Combined with its fully coated optics and innovative Wi-Fi technology, the Celestron Astro Fi 130 offers dazzling views of a wide variety of celestial objects – from the rugged, cratered surface of the Moon and rings of Saturn to deep-sky objects suc

      31 min read

    • Article

      Searching For E.t.

      Jul 14, 2022

      Searching For E.t.
      5 min read

    • Article

      Q & A

      May 1, 2022

      Q & A
      2 min read

    • Article

      Voyager’s Golden Record

      May 12, 2022

      Voyager’s Golden Record
      2 min read

    • Article

      News From Space

      Nov 3, 2022

      News From Space
      6 min read

    • Article

      What Is The Great Attractor?

      Jun 20, 2019

      What Is The Great Attractor?
      8 min read

    • Article

      Our Fate Is in the Stars

      Jun 3, 2019

      Our Fate Is in the Stars
      8 min read

    • Article

      Pioneers Of The Invisible Universe

      Sep 4, 2019

      Pioneers Of The Invisible Universe
      14 min read

    Reviews for Uplink - Downlink

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words