[amsat-bb] Re: A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno

[Edward R Cole]

It is my understanding the first use of gravitational assist going 
from one planet onto another was on the MVM-73 (MA-10) Mission to 
Venus and Mercury.

I was involved in part of the MA-10 mission during Venus encounter 
when atmospheric density was measured by transmitting two different 
signals, one on 2-GHz and the other on 8-GHz.  Comparison of 
difference in LOS times as the spacecraft passed behind Venus as 
viewed from earth measured the differential in bending of the signal 
thru the atmosphere.  It was again measured by AOS times when the 
spacecraft re-emerged minutes later.  Tracking stations in Australia 
participated.

As one of the two Rx operators at DSS-14 at Goldstone during Venus 
encounter, it was quite an experience to be directly involved in the 
experiment.  That was spring of 1974 (which is 39-years ago).  MA-10 
went on to Mercury to obtain the first close observation of that (up 
to that time mysterious) planet.

I do not argue who was the discoverer of the effect.

72, Ed - KL7UW

At 05:00 PM 10/8/2013, i8cvs wrote:
>Hi Glenn, AA5PK and All on the List
>
>Just to remind that the effect flyby was discovered  more than
>20 year ago by Prof. Giuseppe Colombo (SK) astrophisic at
>the University of Padova in Italy and NASA consulting scientist.
>
>Look please for him on Google
>
>73" de
>
>i8CVS Domenico
>
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>Subject: [amsat-bb] A reminder - Say "Hi" to Juno
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>
> > Say "Hi" to Juno
> >
> > NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a
>gravity assist from our planet, putting it on
> > course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting
>amateur radio operators around the world to say
> > "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma
>wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to
> > detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and
>help spread the word to fellow amateur radio
> > enthusiasts!
> >
> >  <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/>
> >
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