urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss12_26m 1.0 1.13.0.0 Product_Context 2020-07-19 1.0 Original context file for the DSS-12 antenna at Goldstone with 26-m aperture (1959-1979). 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 telescope_to_facility This context product provides more information on the NASA Deep Space Network as a whole. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.goldstone telescope_to_facility This context product provides more information on the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss12_34m context_to_associate This context product provides more information on DSS-12 when its aperture was 34 meters (1979-2012). urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:dsn.rss telescope_to_instrument This context product provides more information on the commanding, radio tracking, and radio science instrumentation at the telescope. Only information appropriate to years 1996 and earlier would be applicable to DSS-12 operations. https://www.gdscc.nasa.gov/?page_id=40 An overview of the Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex with photographs. 26 243.203 35.290 WGS 84 Ellipsoid Echo Station (DSS-12) is currently the administrative center for the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC). Built in 1959 with a 26-m aperture, DSS-12 is named for early experiments performed with the passive balloon satellite, Echo 1. The antenna is polar mounted, was upgraded to a 34-m aperture in 1979, and was capable of simultaneously operating at both S- and X-band frequencies. For 37 years, DSS-12 supported many spacecraft including the early Ranger and Surveyor missions to the Moon, deep space missions such as Pioneer and Voyager, and high Earth orbiting spacecraft. Antenna coordinates are approximate; they were interpolated from coordinates for DSS-13 and DSS-14 in Table 5 of module 301 (revision L) of the DSN Telecommunications Link Design Handbook (DSN document 810-005) using the map at https://www.gdscc.nasa.gov/?page_id=37