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The telecommunications equipment on Mariner 4 consisted of dual S-band transmitters ( with either a seven-watt triode cavity amplifier or a ten watt traveling-wave tube amplifier ) and a single radio receiver which together could send and receive data via the low-and high-gain antennas at 8⅓ or 33⅓ bits per second.

Data could also be stored onto a magnetic tape recorder with a capacity of 5. 24 million bits for later transmission.

All electronic operations were controlled by a command subsystem which could process any of 29 direct command words or three quantitative word commands for mid-course maneuvers.

The central computer and sequencer operated stored time-sequence commands using a 38. 4 kHz synchronization frequency as a time reference.

Temperature control was achieved through the use of adjustable louvers mounted on six of the electronics assemblies, plus multilayer insulating blankets, polished aluminum shields, and surface treatments.

Other measurements that could be made included: