Citation
Abstract
The Moon radiates energy at microwave wavelengths and, as a result, an antenna pointed at or near the Moon will experience an increase in receiver noise temperature that needs to be accounted for in telecommunications link calculations or in any radio science or ranging activities. This article computes the noise-temperature increases caused by pointing the Deep Space Station 13 (DSS 13) beam-waveguide antenna at the center of the Moon at 2.295-GHz (S-band), 8.45-GHz (X-band), and 32-GHz (Ka-band) frequencies and compares them to the measured values.
Details
- Volume
- 42-166
- Published
- August 15, 2006
- Pages
- 1–10
- File Size
- 215.8 KB