The system design tests and test results that provided the basis for establishment of telecommunications design between the DSN and Viking 1975 were described. The Viking 1975/DSN Telecommunications Compatibility Test Program Consisted of three phases: subsystem design, system design, and system verification tests which were performed at JPL and at the Air Force Eastern Test Range and Kennedy Space Center complexes. Subsystem design tests were performed with the Viking Orbiter (VO) and the Viking Lander (VL) during 1973. System design compatibility tests were performed with the Viking Proof Test Orbiter, Viking Spacecraft Test Lander, and a multiple Viking spacecraft configuration during the summer of 1974. System verification tests were performed with the Viking Orbiter, Viking Lander and Viking spacecraft during the spring and summer of 1975.


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    Title :

    Summary Report on the Viking 1975 DSN Telecommunications Compatibility Test Program


    Contributors:
    A. I. Bryan (author)


    Publication date :

    1975-12-15


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English