Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Sep 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979muni.iafcq....h&link_type=abstract
International Astronautical Federation, International Astronautical Congress, 30th, Munich, West Germany, Sept. 17-22, 1979, 14
Computer Science
Performance
Onboard Equipment, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Remote Sensors, Space Exploration, Venus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Infrared Radiometers, Lower Atmosphere, Mass Spectroscopy, Spacecraft Performance, Venus Clouds
Scientific paper
Two spacecraft with scientific instruments, a Multiprobe and an Orbiter, were sent to Venus by the USA in 1978 and successfully performed a series of measurements of the Venusian environment, in situ from the probes and remotely from the Orbiter. The paper discusses the scientific objectives of the missions, describes the spacecraft and trajectories, presents the performance of the spacecraft and instruments, and summarizes the scientific findings. The results indicate an excess of primordial argon at Venus; four distinct cloud layers were observed; four widely separated sites in both daylight and night time show almost no differences in atmospheric temperature and pressure below about 50 km altitude; winds up to 200 m/sec were observed at high altitudes; large plateaus were identified on the surface.
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