Mariner 9 launched and traveled towards Mars. JPL hoped to verify if its Goldstone 64 meter antenna would be able to track two missions at the same time in the same frequency band, but was not able to, due Mariner 8’s rocket failure.
Mariner 9 launched and traveled towards Mars. JPL hoped to verify if its Goldstone 64 meter antenna would be able to track two missions at the same time in the same frequency band, but was not able to, due Mariner 8’s rocket failure.
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