PRIDE: Ground-based VLBI observations for Spaceborne Probes
V. Pallichadath (TU Delft - Astrodynamics & Space Missions)
L Gurvits (TU Delft - Astrodynamics & Space Missions)
Dominic Dirkx (TU Delft - Astrodynamics & Space Missions)
Bert L.A. Vermeersen (TU Delft - Astrodynamics & Space Missions, TU Delft - Physical and Space Geodesy)
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Abstract
Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) will exploit the signal recording and processing technology developed originally for Very Lonag Baseline interferometric (VLBI). The essence of PRIDE is in observing the spacecraft radio signal with a network of Earth-based radio telescopes. The PRIDE technique developed at the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) together with its partners was used for several experiments with several ESA planetary science missions. It has been chosen by ESA as one of the eleven experiments of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), the first Large-class mission in the ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 program. The mission is scheduled for launch in 2022.
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