Increased Deep Space Network (DPN) receiving capability far beyond that now available for Voyager is achievable through a mix of increased antenna aperture and increased frequency of operation. In this note a sequence of options are considered: adding midsized antennas for arraying with the existing network at X-band; converting to Ka-band and adding array elements; augmenting the DSN with an orbiting Ka-band station; and augmenting the DSN with an optical receiving capability, either on the ground or in space. Costs of these options are compared as means of achieving significantly increased receiving capability. The envelope of lowest costs projects a possible path for moving from X-band to Ka-band and thence to optical frequencies, and po...
Unique requirements imposed on deep space telecommunications, such as operation at extreme ranges, h...
To enhance NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), an effort is underway to improve network performance and...
The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) has a new requirement to support high-data-rate Category A (Cat A)...
The first quarter century of U.S. solar system exploration using unmanned spacecraft has involved pr...
Projections indicate that in the future the number of NASA's robotic deep space missions is likely t...
The Ka-band study team was chartered in late 1987 to bring together all the planning elements for es...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports unmanned space missions through a ...
As the current 70-meter antennas are quite old (28-35 years) it is necessary to consider replacing t...
As the current 70-meter antennas are quite old (28-35 years) it is necessary to consider replacing t...
The Deep Space Network (DSN) that provides for the communications link between the deep space missio...
Over the past decade, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Telecommunications and Mission Operations Dire...
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1987 / Town and Country Hotel, Sa...
With the advent of faster, cheaper planetary missions, the coming decade promises a significant grow...
on large arrays of small antennas for increasing the receiving capability of the NASA Deep Space Net...
Effect of frequency on communications capability, single antennas and arrays, and economic balance b...
Unique requirements imposed on deep space telecommunications, such as operation at extreme ranges, h...
To enhance NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), an effort is underway to improve network performance and...
The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) has a new requirement to support high-data-rate Category A (Cat A)...
The first quarter century of U.S. solar system exploration using unmanned spacecraft has involved pr...
Projections indicate that in the future the number of NASA's robotic deep space missions is likely t...
The Ka-band study team was chartered in late 1987 to bring together all the planning elements for es...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports unmanned space missions through a ...
As the current 70-meter antennas are quite old (28-35 years) it is necessary to consider replacing t...
As the current 70-meter antennas are quite old (28-35 years) it is necessary to consider replacing t...
The Deep Space Network (DSN) that provides for the communications link between the deep space missio...
Over the past decade, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Telecommunications and Mission Operations Dire...
International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1987 / Town and Country Hotel, Sa...
With the advent of faster, cheaper planetary missions, the coming decade promises a significant grow...
on large arrays of small antennas for increasing the receiving capability of the NASA Deep Space Net...
Effect of frequency on communications capability, single antennas and arrays, and economic balance b...
Unique requirements imposed on deep space telecommunications, such as operation at extreme ranges, h...
To enhance NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), an effort is underway to improve network performance and...
The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) has a new requirement to support high-data-rate Category A (Cat A)...