Apollo 14 and 15 missions : Intermittent steerable antenna operation
- Published:
- Oct 1, 1972.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- An attempt was made to determine the cause of antenna tracking interruptions during Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 missions prior to powered descent, and after ascent from the lunar surface but before rendezvous. Probable causes examined include: (1) amplitude modulation on the uplink radio frequency carrier, (2) noise capacitively or inductively coupled into the track error line, and (3) hardware problems resulting in tracking loop instabilities. It was determined that amplitude modulation caused the antenna oscillations. The corrective procedures taken are given.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19730005491.
Accession ID: 73N14218.
REPT-5.
MSC-07505.
NASA-TM-X-68901.
REPT-2. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No Copyright.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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