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Abstract
Due to the monolithic antenna design of the Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR), the transmitter power of the GSSR can only be increased by installing higher power klystrons, which are likely reaching their limit around 250 kW. These klystrons have not been very reliable in the past. By contrast, the Phased Array Transmitter concept is a distributed system that coherently combines signals from multiple 34 m antennas at the target, producing a reliable high-power radar system that can serve as viable backup to the GSSR. Our goal is to demonstrate a high-power wideband Phased Array Transmitter concept to meet requirements for planetary science, planetary defense, and cislunar space domain awareness by configuring two of the Deep Space Network’s 34 m antennas, namely Deep Space Station 13 (DSS-13) and DSS-26, as an Uplink Array Radar system.
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- Volume
- 42-223
- Published
- November 15, 2020
- Pages
- 1–20
- File Size
- 13.0 MB