Citation
Abstract
Ka-band (32-GHz) radio communication links are more adversely afiected by atmospheric noise temperature than X-band (8.4-GHz) or S-band (2.9-GHz) links. As a result, the strategy for telecommunications between a spacecraft employing Ka-band and the Deep Space Network is necessarily different from that employed at the lower frequencies. To aid in the development of new communication strategies, several years of 31.4-GHz water vapor radiometer data from the Goldstone and Madrid sites were reduced. Renewal theory was employed to examine the failure and recovery statistics of these Ka-band weather-dependent links.
Details
- Volume
- 42-125
- Published
- May 15, 1996
- Pages
- 1–12
- File Size
- 391.7 KB