[1]Throughout this book “Mariner” refers to the successful Mariner II Venus mission. Mariner I was launched earlier but was destroyed when the launch vehicle flew off course.
[2]For scientific reasons, distances from Venus are calculated from the center of the planet. Hereafter in this chapter, these distances will be reckoned from the surface.
INDEX
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] F [G] [H] [I] [J] K [L] [M]
[N] O [P] Q [R] [S] [T] U [V] [W] X Y Z
A ABMA, [17] Agena B, [21], [22], [40] Antennas, [66] Goldstone, description, [70], [71], [73] onboard, description, [30], [31] directional control, [30] Pioneer tracking site, [70], [71] ARPA, [17] Astronomical unit, [111] refinement, [107] Atlantic Missile Range, [2], [10], [43], [83] Atlas-Agena B, [63], [52] Atlas D, [19], [21], [36]-39, [89] Attitude control Atlas D, [38] Earth acquisition, [58] loss of control and reorientation, [56], [60] Attitude control system, [31], [32]
B Battery, [25], [27] Bumper-WAC, [18]
C C-133 aircraft, [43] Centaur, [8] Central Computer and Sequencer, [28] commands, [56], [58] failure at encounter, [62] midcourse maneuver control, [59] Central Computing Facility, [81], [82] Charged particles, [13], [90] Charged particle detector, [35], [88] Computers, data processing, [84] Corporal E, [18] Cosmic dust, [13] density, [110] distribution and mass, [94], [95] measurement, [89] Cosmic dust detector, [35], [68], [87], [89] Cosmic radiation, [13], [96] Cosmic ray flux, [98]
D Data conditioning system, [88] Data processing, [30], [74], [85] CCF, equipment and operation, [82], [83] launch and tracking operations, [83] telemetry data, [84] transmission time, [88] Detectors charged particle, [35] cosmic dust, [35] solar plasma, [35] DSIF, [73], [74], [75], [82], [83], [84] functions, [68] Goldstone, [1], [64], [67]-79, [68], [69], [70], [71], [73], [75], [84], [107], [108], [109] Johannesburg, [64], [67], [68], [73] Mobile, [68], [73], [80] tracking during midcourse maneuver, [56] orientation, [56] Woomera, [67], [68], [71], [73], [75]
E Earth sensor final orientation commands, [64] September 8, crises and recovery, [60] Echo Project, [69] Echo site functions, [71] Electronics equipment weight, [25] Explorer I, [19] Experiments, [35] Anton special purpose tube, [87] atmospheric investigation, [85] charged particle detector, [88], [96]-100 density variation data, [98] radiation hazard findings, [98] cosmic dust detector data, [87]-89, [94], [95] high energy radiation, [90] infrared radiometer, [87], [93] ion chamber and Geiger-Mueller tubes, [87] magnetometers, [87], [88] microwave radiometer, [87], [91]-93 objectives, [13], [93] processing of data, [85] radiometers, [85], [105], [106] responsible organizations, [88] results, [110]-112 solar plasma detector, [87]-90 temperature investigation, [85] transmission of data, [88] weight, [25]
G Geiger counter, [98] Geiger-Mueller tubes, [87], [91] George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, [13], [17] Goldstone Tracking Station, [64], [67], [69], [75], [84], [107] Echo site, [68], [69], [71], [73] Pioneer site, [56], [68], [70] Venus site, [69], [70], [108], [109] Guidance, [13]