Voyager 1 Radio Science System

    Description

    The Radio Science Team used the telecommunications system of the Voyager spacecraft to perform its studies. The system was a coherent S- and X-band downlink and an S-band uplink. The science objectives of the radio science investigation were (1) to determine the physical properties of planetary and satellite ionospheres and atmospheres by examining the propagation effects on a dual-frequency radio signal during immersion and emersion of spacecraft occultation by the subject body, (2) to determine planetary and satellite masses, gravity fields, and densities by precise tracking of a dual-frequency radio signal from the spacecraft during the encounter period, and (3) to determine the amount and size distribution of material in Saturn's rings ... ...Show More

    Identifier (LID)

    urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:rss-vg1s.vg1

    Version

    1.0

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