Soviet experiments with automatic martian stations and planetary probes, are discussed. The ballistic peculiarities of each flight are considered, and the respective design specifications of each probe are reviewed. The separate systems of equipment described are: the system of thermal control of the probe interior, the radio-phototelemetric complex, the attitude system and its control, the system of autonomous control, the power supply system, the system of overall automatics, and the system of engines to produce correcting and braking pulses. Details are discussed concerning the descent of planetary probes to the Mars surface, and the ground command-measurement complex for reception and processing of the telemetric and phototelevision information, for measure of motion parameters, and for organization of control of spacecraft in flight. Scientific instrumentation of the probe is also discussed, and preliminary results are presented. (Author)
Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Stations Investigate MARS
1975
32 pages
Report
No indication
English
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