Deep Space C3: High Power Uplinks
- 1 January 2003
- proceedings article
- Published by AIP Publishing in AIP Conference Proceedings
- Vol. 691 (1) , 47-53
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1635101
Abstract
The uplink transmitters of the Deep Space Network (DSN) perform three key functions in support of space missions: navigation, command uplink, and emergency recovery. The transmitters range in frequency from S‐band to Ka‐band, and range in RF transmit power from 200W to 400kW. Future improvements to the uplink transmitters will focus on higher frequency transmitters for high data rate communications, high power X‐band uplinks for emergency recovery, and/or in‐phase uplink arraying for either application.Keywords
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