NASA NTRS · 20210001814
Deep Space C3 : high power uplinks
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
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Morabito, David D., Abraham, Douglas S., Kodis, Mary Anne. 2003-06-23. Deep Space C3 : high power uplinks. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210001814
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