A Small Computer System for Radio Astronomy at the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. T. Rayner ◽  
M. J. Batty

The Tidbinbilla NASA Deep Space Network tracking station near Canberra employs 64-m and 34-m antennas for deep space vehicle communication. Regular use is made of the facilities for radio astronomy via a host country agreement between the United States and Australia. To support the expanding astronomical use of the station, and in particular for the Tidbinbilla two-element interferometer (Batty et al. 1977), a small computer was installed early in 1980 to control observations. The system will also be used for as much data analysis as possible to minimize off-site computing.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 2615-2626
Author(s):  
Erick Antonio Ramos Sánchez ◽  
Amanda Celine Valdés Wood ◽  
Juan José Hurtado Quijada ◽  
Fernando Alfredo King Bernal ◽  
Pedro Antonio Gómez De Hoyos

Como una de varias acciones para procurar la preservación de la raza humana y su evolución, donde el cambio climático se ha convertido en una crisis ambiental con daños irreversibles en algunos casos, la humanidad continua con la exploración espacial y se prepara para la explotación de recursos en el espacio exterior. La Red del Espacio Profundo o DSN (Deep Space Network) por sus siglas en inglés, es una red internacional de antenas de radio que sirven como apoyo a misiones interplanetarias de naves espaciales, de las observaciones de astronomía de radio y del radar para la exploración del sistema solar y del universo. También sirve de apoyo a misiones en órbitas terrestre y permite el desarrollo, en la tierra, de actividades relacionadas con la seguridad, la salud y la educación, entre otras. Las comunicaciones a través de la DSN son de fundamentales para alcanzar el objetivo de explorar y explotar los recursos del espacio exterior. El objetivo principal de esta investigación es identificar la estructura de las DSN de los países con mayor desarrollo en la materia. Esta fue una investigación cuantitativa, descriptiva con un diseño documental. Los resultados de esta investigación permiten concluir que en los Estados Unidos se está generando el mayor desarrollo de tecnología espacial y de DSN gracias a la incorporación de capital privado. Se debe continuar estudiando y ampliando el conocimiento en el tema dada la importancia para la supervivencia de la humanidad.   As one of several actions to seek the preservation of the human race and its evolution, where climate change has turned into an environmental crisis with irreversible damage in some cases, humanity continues with space exploration and prepares for the exploitation of resources in outer space. The Deep Space Network or DSN (Deep Space Network) for its acronym in English, is an international network of radio antennas that serve as support to interplanetary missions of spacecraft, radio astronomy observations and radar for exploration of the solar system and the universe. It also supports missions in terrestrial orbits and allows the development, on the ground, of activities related to security, health and education, among others. Communications through the DSN are essential to achieve the goal of exploring and exploiting the resources of outer space. The main objective of this research is to identify the structure of the DSN of the most developed countries in the field. This was a quantitative, descriptive investigation with a documentary design. The results of this research allow us to conclude that the United States is generating the greatest development of space technology and DSN thanks to the incorporation of private capital. It should continue to study and expand knowledge on the subject given its importance for the survival of humanity.


1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. Purcell ◽  
E. J. Cohen ◽  
J. L. Fanselow ◽  
D. H. Rogstad ◽  
L. J. Skjerve ◽  
...  

AbstractThe Jet Propulsion Laboratory is engaged in a program of astrometric VLBI as one element of a navigation system for interplanetary spacecraft. The program involves stations of the Deep Space Network in Spain, the United States, and Australia, and is now in an advanced stage of development.As one part of this program we are developing a radioastrometric source catalog which at present contains about fifty sources with positions known to better than 0.”05. Our results agree well with those published by other groups.We are continuing to refine our delay model, and we are improving our data reduction procedures to account better for the effects of instrumental and ionospheric delays. When the system becomes fully operational in July of 1979, we expect the catalog to contain at least a hundred sources with positions accurate to 0.”01.


Author(s):  
Edwin Goh ◽  
Hamsa Shwetha Venkataram ◽  
Mark Hoffmann ◽  
Mark D. Johnston ◽  
Brian Wilson

IEEE Access ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 39985-39994
Author(s):  
Alex Sabol ◽  
Ryan Alimo ◽  
Farhad Kamangar ◽  
Ramtin Madani

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 3481-3484
Author(s):  
V. V. Srinivasan ◽  
C. Kumar ◽  
D. Bhatnagar ◽  
V. K. Lakshmeesha ◽  
S. Pal

Author(s):  
Bruce E. MacNeal ◽  
Douglas S. Abraham ◽  
Rolf C. Hastrup ◽  
Janet P. Wu ◽  
Richard J. Machuzak ◽  
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