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OFFICE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. TELEPHONE 354-5011
MARINER IV ENCOUNTER SEQUENCE AT MARS
All times noted in the following table are ____________
__________. MT commands are issued by Mariner IV's on-board
central computer and sequencer. MT means master timer. These
commands were pre-programmed into the CC&S prior to launch last
November 28. DC commands are transmitted by the space communica-
tion stations of the Deep Space Network. DC means direct com-
mands. Mariner's command subsystem can accept 29 different direct
commands.
Six stations of the Deep Space Network will be in opera-
tion during the Mariner IV encounter with Mars. Primary stations
are located near Johannesburg, South Africa; Canberra, Australia;
and at Goldstone, California (Pioneer Site at Goldstone). Backup
stations are at Woomera, Australia; Madrid, Spain; and at the
Echo Site at Goldstone.
__________ _____ _______
7/14/65
8:41 am MT-7 CC&S command turns on encounter science;
(on-board starts TV shutter sequencing; starts scan
command) platform searching for planet; turns on
tape recorder power (tape not rolling and
not recording); telemetry remains in cruise
mode (engineering and cruise science data).
8:53 am MT-7 verified on Earth. Johannesburg
tracking. (If not verified, ground command
DC-25 transmitted at backup.)
10:53 am DC-24 Transmitted from Johannesburg to pre-
(ground position scan platform.
command)
ll:05 am Spacecraft receives DC-24.
11:17 am Spacecraft execution of DC-24 verified on
Earth. (If platform does not stop
scanning, await wide angle acquisition.)
4:50 pm WAA Wide-angle acquisition. Wide-angle sensor
on scan platform sees limb of planet and
positions scan platform at proper angle if
not already pre-positioned by DC-24. Tele-
metry mode changed to science data and
engineering information on operation of TV
subsystem. î
T__________ _____ _______
5:02 pm WAA verified on Earth. Goldstone tracking.
(If not verified, DC-24 is transmitted as
backup.)
5:13 pm DC-16 Transmitted from Goldstone as narrow-angle
acquisition backup.
5:20 pm NAA Narrow-angle acquisition. Narrow-angle
sensor on scan platform sees planet; starts
tape rolling and picture recording.
5:25 pm DC-16 received at spacecraft.
5:32 pm NAA verified on Earth. Goldstone tracking.
5:45 pm Finish recording pictures. Tape recorder
off. (It may be decided to transmit DC-26
from Goldstone at 5:38 pm to backup tape
recorder turn-off following picture record-
ing. The command would be received at the
spacecraft at 5:50 pm. DC-26 would be
followed at 5:39 pm with DC-2 to turn on
cruise science and switch telemetry to mix
of cruise science and engineering data.
DC-2 would be received at the spacecraft
at 5:51 pm.
6:02:54 Point of Spacecraft distance from Mars, approximate-
pm closest ly 5,700 miles. Spacecraft distance from
approach Earth, about 134 million miles. Goldstone
tracking.
7:12 pm Enter Radio signal from spacecraft cut off when
occulta- Mars is between spacecraft and Earth.
tion
7:24 pm Loss of radio signal observed on Earth.
Goldstone and Canberra tracking.
8:05 pm Exit Spacecraft again in sight of Earth after
occulta- 52 minutes, 32 seconds behind Mars.
tion
8:17 pm Resumption of radio signal reception at
Goldstone and Canberra.
10:01 pm MT-8 CC&S command turns off encounter science.
10:13 pm MT-8 verified on Earth. Goldstone and
Canberra tracking.
7/15/65 î 4:41 am MT-9 CC&S command starts tape recorder in play-
back operation and switches telemetry to
science playback mode.
__________ _____ _______
4:53 am MT-9 verified on Earth. Canberra and
Johannesburg tracking.
5:41 am Picture Spacecraft starts playback of first pic-
Playback ture. Playback of each picture takes 8
hours, 35 minutes.
5:53 am Johannesburg and Madrid start receiving
and recording transmission of first
picture.
2:16 pm Spacecraft completes transmission of first
picture. Transmits other recorded science
data for two hours, then begins transmis-
sion of second picture.
2:28 pm Complete picture received on Earth.
Primary stations at Johannesburg and Gold-
stone record overlapping picture data.
Backup station at Madrid records entire
first picture.
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