"Manned Space Flight Network" (MSFN) consisting of network of ground stations, ships and aircraft will "track" spacecraft during its entire lunar mission, except for those portions of flight where Moon occults spacecraft (approximately for 1 hr during each 2-hr lunar parking orbit); link between spacecraft and Main Control Center at Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Tex, consists of many information, tracking, voice, telemetry, and data channels necessary to keep up with events of flight; description of tracking and telemetry systems and tasks of tracking.


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    Title :

    Ground tracking of Apollo


    Additional title:

    Astronautics Aeronautics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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