urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:dsn.rss 1.0 1.13.0.0 Product_Context 2020-07-30 1.0 Initial version of the context product describing NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) commanding, radio tracking, and radio science instrumentation. With a few exceptions, this instrumentation is available for connection to any DSN antenna. Performance then depends on antenna size, wavelength, transmitter and low-noise amplifier selected, and local observing conditions. The instrumentation has evolved over time since the DSN was established in the 1960s. This file will be updated as new information becomes available about both future and past capabilities. Updated during migration of Cassini radio science data from PDS3 to PDS4. urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:dsn.810-005 instrument_to_document This reference is to a PDS collection containing several versions of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) Telecommunications Link Design Handbook (Document 810-005). The Handbook is maintained in a modular format to provide interface design data to flight projects using the DSN. Modules are updated as appropriate. Each member product in the PDS collection is the set of modules as they applied at that point in time. Modules include: 001 Handbook Introduction 101 70-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces 102 26-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces (omitted in 2009 and later versions) 103 34-m HEF Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces 104 34-m BWG Antennas Telecommunications Interfaces 105 Atmospheric and Environmental Effects 106 Solar Corona and Solar Wind Effects 107 Radio Source Catalog 201 Frequency and Channel Assignments 202 34-m and 70-m Doppler 203 Sequential Ranging 205 Command Service 206 Telemetry General Information 207 34-m and 70-m Telemetry Reception 208 Telemetry Data Decoding 209 Open-Loop Radio Science 210 Delta Differrential One-way Ranging 211 Wideband Very Long Baseline Interferometry 214 Pseudonoise and Regenerative Ranging 301 Coverage and Geometry 302 Antenna Positioning 303 Media Calibration 304 Frequency and Timing 305 Test Support 901 Handbook Glossary urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.dsn instrument_to_facility This context product provides more information on the NASA Deep Space Network as a whole. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss11_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-11 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss12_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-12 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss12_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-12 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss13_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-13 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss13_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-13 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss14_64m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 64-m DSS-14 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss14_70m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 70-m DSS-14 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss15_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-15 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss16_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-16 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss23_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-23 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss24_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-24 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss25_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-25 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss26_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-26 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss27_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-27 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss28_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-28 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss33_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-33 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss34_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-34 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss35_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-35 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss36_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-36 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss42_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-42 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss42_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-42 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss43_64m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 64-m DSS-43 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss43_70m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 70-m DSS-43 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss45_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-45 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss46_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-46 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss53_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-53 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss54_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-54 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss55_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-55 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss56_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-56 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss61_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-61 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss61_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-61 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss63_64m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 64-m DSS-63 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss63_70m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 70-m DSS-63 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss65_34m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-65 antenna before it was relocated in 2005. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss65_34m-post2005 instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-65 antenna after it was relocated in 2005. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss66_26m instrument_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-66 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:dsn.0159-science instrument_to_document This reference is to a PDS collection containing several versions of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) Radio Science Receiver SFDU Software Interface Specification. The Radio Science Receiver (RSR) was a computer controlled open loop receiver that digitally recorded a spacecraft signal through the use of an analog to digital converter (ADC) and up to four digital filter sub-channels. The RSR was the primary open loop receiver for radio science observations between 2001 and 2019. The RSR was superseded by the Open Loop Receiver (OLR) in 2019. The OLR could be configured to deliver data in RSR formats; hence, this document remains applicable beyond the decommissioning of the RSR. The document specifies the format and content of the RSR SFDU, which was a self-identifying, self-delimiting data structure that was used to encapsulate a portion of the radio science data acquired by the RSR. The document also briefly describes the RSR itself, its principles of operation, and the various mechanisms by which RSR SFDUs were stored and transported. Over the life of the RSR, changes in format and content of the RSR SFDU were relatively minor. urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:dsn.trk-2-34 instrument_to_document This reference is to a PDS collection containing several versions of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) TRK-2-34 Tracking System Data Archival Format. Closed loop receivers and associated electronics at ground stations of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) captured signals transmitted by distant spacecraft and extracted information such as round-trip propagation time and Doppler offset from a predicted reference. The TRK-2-34 format was introduced in 2001 and was used with little change until at least 2020. The document specifies the format and content of radio metric tracking data delivered to navigation and radio science custmoers from DSN Telecommunications services. urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:document:moyer.2000 instrument_to_document This document describes the formulation of program REGRES of the Orbit Determination Program (ODP) of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Program REGRES calculates the computed values of observed quantities (e.g., doppler and range observables) obtained at tracking stations of the Deep Space Network (DSN). It also calculates media corrections. Asmar, S. W., J. W. Armstrong, L. Iess, and P. Tortora, Spacecraft Doppler Tracking: Noise Budget and Accuracy Achievable in Precision Radio Science Observations, Radio Science, 40, RS2001, doi:10.1029/2004RS003101, 2005. This paper discusses noise in Doppler tracking of deep space probes and provides a detailed noise model for Doppler radio science experiments. Current technology allows velocity measurements to better than 1 micron per second when data are averaged over 1000 seconds. Examples from Cassini are included. Applications of the noise model to experiment planning are considered, and the authors discuss the prospects for significant sensitivity improvements. Asmar, S. W., J. Lazio, D. H. Atkinson, D. J. Bell, J. S. Border, I. S. Grudinin, A. J. Mannucci, M. Paik, and R. A. Preston (2019). Future of Planetary Atmospheric, Surface, and Interior Science Using Radio and Laser Links, Radio Science, 54, 365-377. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018RS006663. An brief overview of concepts and results achieved from radio science investigations of planetary targets, followed by a longer discussion of possible future advances (as of about 2018). Asmar, S.W., and N.A. Renzetti, The Deep Space Network as an Instrument for Radio Science Research, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 80-93, Rev. 1, 15 April 1993. A summary of possible radio science applications using the NASA Deep Space Network as of the early 1990s. NASA Deep Space Network Radio Science Interferometer Radio Receiver Radio Science Radio science and radio tracking instrumentation at the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) utilize capabilities of the DSN in combination with telecommunications equipment on board spacecraft to make measurements that can be used to study gravity fields, relativistic effects, and the properties of plasmas, and planetary surfaces, atmospheres, ionospheres, and rings throughout the solar system. The DSN also sends commands to spacecraft and receives telemetry from them. This equipment may also be used for reception only, such as for radio astronomy observations of natural sources and for very long baseline interferometry. With few exceptions, this instrumentation is available for connection to any DSN antenna. Performance then depends on antenna size, wavelength, transmitter and low-noise amplifier selected, and local observing conditions. The instrumentation has evolved over time since the DSN was established in the 1960s.