{"title":"Doppler receiver for Cassini radio science experiments","authors":"G Comoretto","doi":"10.1016/S0032-0633(97)00137-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Ka band tracking capability of the Cassini spacecraft allows for greater accuracy in most Radio Science experiments, but can be used only with the Goldstone DSN complex, i.e. for one third of the total time. A digital receiver has been designed to allow receiving the Ka band signal from a generic VLBI antenna. The receiver interfaces with the VLBI receiver and formatter. It records an instantaneous bandwidth from 1 Hz to 125 kHz, with corresponding accuracy of 16 to 8 bits respectively. The receiver is implemented as a VME card and is controlled by a standard VME computer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20054,"journal":{"name":"Planetary and Space Science","volume":"46 9","pages":"Pages 1415-1416"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0032-0633(97)00137-2","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Planetary and Space Science","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063397001372","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Ka band tracking capability of the Cassini spacecraft allows for greater accuracy in most Radio Science experiments, but can be used only with the Goldstone DSN complex, i.e. for one third of the total time. A digital receiver has been designed to allow receiving the Ka band signal from a generic VLBI antenna. The receiver interfaces with the VLBI receiver and formatter. It records an instantaneous bandwidth from 1 Hz to 125 kHz, with corresponding accuracy of 16 to 8 bits respectively. The receiver is implemented as a VME card and is controlled by a standard VME computer.
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Planetary and Space Science publishes original articles as well as short communications (letters). Ground-based and space-borne instrumentation and laboratory simulation of solar system processes are included. The following fields of planetary and solar system research are covered:
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