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Mars Network Scenario 2004 Jan 25 to 2004 Mar 10 Charles H. Lee Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Simulation Assumptions & Output Files. Time: UTC 2004-025T00:00:00 – UTC 2004-070T00:00:00 Step size = 1 minute Number of time steps = 64801 (45 days) DSN sites = Canberra, Goldstone & Madrid
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Mars Network Scenario 2004 Jan 25 to 2004 Mar 10 Charles H. Lee Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Simulation Assumptions & Output Files • Time: UTC 2004-025T00:00:00 – UTC 2004-070T00:00:00 • Step size = 1 minute • Number of time steps = 64801 (45 days) • DSN sites = Canberra, Goldstone & Madrid • DSN mask angle = 10° • Marscrafts = MERA, MERB, MGS, ODY, MEX • Mars surface mask angle = 10° • Output files (excel accessible): • Marscrafts to DSN (5 files; ex: MGS2CanbGoldMadr.txt) • Binary value (1=in view) • 1st column=Canberra; 2nd column=Goldstone; 3rd column=Madrid • Lander to Orbiter (2 files; ex: MERA2MGSODYMEXUHFRATE.txt) • Data rate value (kbps) • 1st column=MGS; 2nd column=ODY; 3rd column=MEX
MER’s Telecom Assumptions MER UHF Antenna Pattern UHF Proximity Links
Orbiters’ UHF Assumptions for MER ODY’s UHF Pattern MEX’s UHF Pattern MGS’s UHF Pattern