The background for the Viking Lander Monitor Mission (VLMM) is given, and the technical and operational aspects of the tracking and data acquisition support that the Network was called upon to provide are described. An overview of the science results obtained from the imaging, meteorological, and radio science data is also given. The intensive efforts that were made to recover the mission are described.


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    Title :

    Telecommunications and data acquisition systems support for the Viking 1975 mission to Mars


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    Publication date :

    1983-05-15


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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