Citation
Abstract
Two new X- (7.2 GHz up, 8.4 GHz down) and S-band (2.1 to 2.3 GHz) common aperture (XSC) feedcones are being added to the DSS 45 and DSS 65 34-Meter High Efficiency Antennas. These new feedcones are modifications of the existing SXC feedcone design incorporating a new high power (20-kW) X-band transmitter. The modified Antenna Microwave Subsystem design also incorporates two additional X-band low noise amplifiers and greater phase stability performance to meet both the increased stability requirements for Galileo gravity wave experiments and requirements for spacecraft navigation near the sun. A third XSC will be constructed for DSS 15 later.
Details
- Volume
- 42-87
- Published
- November 15, 1986
- Pages
- 140–148
- File Size
- 376.1 KB