The methods used to in-flight calibrate the pointing direction of the Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973 spacecraft high gain antenna and the achieved antenna pointing accuracy are described. The overall pointing calibration was accomplished by performing calibration sequences at a number of points along the spacecraft trajectory. Each of these consisted of articulating the antenna about the expected spacecraft-earth vector to determine systematic pointing errors. The high gain antenna pointing system, the error model used in the calibration, and the calibration and pointing strategy and results are discussed.
In-flight calibration of the high-gain antenna pointing for the Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973 spacecraft
1975-10-15
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NTRS | 1973
|Mariner Venus/ Mercury 1973 Study
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|Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 study
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