Sketch for the Voyager 2 Encounter, 1985
Description
The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in 1989. NRAO began planning and preparations in 1982, and test phased array observing on Voyager and planets began several years before the encounter as more antennas became outfitted for X-band. NRAO devoted 340 hours of VLA observing time to system tests and reception of Voyager's telemetry, and there were 40 scheduled telemetry passes from 26 April through 28 September 1989. This November 1985 sketch by Socorro's Paul Harden shows Bill Brundage (NRAO) and Ron Logan (JPL) with the test instrument setup at the VLA.
Creator
Records of the NRAO
Type
Still Image
Identifier
tracking-Voyager-Nov1985-Harden-sketch.jpg
Original Format of Digital Item
Drawing
Location
Start Date
1985-11
Photographer
Photo Credit
Paul Harding
Series
Photographs Series
Unit
VLA Unit
Subunit
Voyager Project Subunit
Citation
Records of the NRAO, “Sketch for the Voyager 2 Encounter, 1985,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed October 5, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/35215.