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NASA NTRS1964

Space Radio Patrol

Radio research in United States satellite program and whip and/or loop antennas for use in space radio patrol

LOOP ANTENNA↗
NASA NTRS1966

Radio Astronomy

Radio astronomical studies in OH interferometry, discrete radio sources, and spectrum measurements of Venus and Jupiter

SPECTRAL EMISSION↗
NASA NTRS1966

Radio astronomy

Radio astronomy studies in 18-cm line emission sources, fringe visibility of bright radio sources, and spectral features of Venus and Jupiter

INTERFEROMETRY↗
NASA NTRS1966

Radio waves and circuits

Diffraction and scattering of electromagnetic waves, radio wave propagation in ionized media, radio antennas, and signal processing in communications systems

CIRCUIT↗
NASA NTRS1989

Radio frequency interference at Jodrell Bank Observatory within the protected 21 cm band

Radio frequency interference (RFI) will provide one of the most difficult challenges to systematic Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) at microwave frequencies. The SETI-specific equipment is being optimized for the detection of signals generated by a technology rather than those generated by natural processes in the universe. If this equipment performs as expected, then it will inevitably detect many signals originating from terrestrial technology. If these terrestrial signals are too numerous and/or strong, the equipment will effectively be blinded to the (presumably) weaker extraterrestrial signals being sought. It is very difficult to assess how much of a problem RFI will actually represent to future observations, without employing the equipment and beginning the search. In 1983 a very high resolution spectrometer was placed at the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories at Jodrell Bank, England. This equipment permitted an investigation of the interference environment at Jodrell Bank, at that epoch, and at frequencies within the 21 cm band. This band was chosen because it has long been "protected" by international agreement; no transmitters should have been operating at those frequencies. The data collected at Jodrell Bank were expected to serve as a "best case" interference scenario and provide the minimum design requirements for SETI equipment that must function in the real and noisy environment. This paper describes the data collection and analysis along with some preliminary conclusions concerning the nature of the interference environment at Jodrell Bank.

NASA Discipline Number 52-60↗
NASA NTRS1985

Using the Very Large Array (VLA) and other radio telescopes to perform a parasitic Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

This paper describes several attempts to utilize various radio telescopes in a manner that we term "parasitic," that is in a manner that does not interrupt or seriously impact the standard astronomical observing programs in progress at the radio observatories. In the extreme case, only recorded astronomical data are accessed off-line, after the fact, without any burden on the observatory at all.

Extraterrestrial Environment↗
NASA NTRS2001

Radio astronomy with microspacecraft

A dynamic constellation of microspacecraft in lunar orbit can carry out valuable radio astronomy investigations in the frequency range of 30kHz--30MHz, a range that is difficult to explore from Earth. In contrast to the radio astronomy ivestigations that have flown on individual spacecraft, the four microspacecraft together with a carrier spacecraft, which transported them to lunar orbit, form an interferometer with far superior angular resolution. Use of microspacecraft allows the entire constellation to be launched with a Taurus-class vehicle. Also distinguishing this approach is that the Moon is used as needed to shield the constellation from RF interference from the Earth and Sun.

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NASA NTRS2000

Radio Astronomy, Planetary

Planetary radio astronomy is the study of the physical characteristics of the planets in the Solar System by means of the electromagnetic radio radiation emitted by these objects.

Radio Astronomy Planets↗
NASA NTRS1997

Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope System Theory of Operation

The purpose of this learning module is to enable learners to describe how the Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) system functions in support of Apple Valley Science and Technology Center's (AVSTC) client schools' radio astronomy activities.

Radio Telescope↗
NASA NTRS1996

Particle Injection in the Cir X-1 radio outbursts

A particle injection model has been applied to the radio outbursts of the X-ray binary Circinus X-1. The radio outbursts of this system have often been observed to exhibit a double peaked structure, i.e., with two apparent consecutive maxima. We show here that particle injection models can account for such observed behavior provided that a time variable particle injection rate is adopted.

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NASA NTRS1996

Rosetta Radio Science Investigations

The Rosetta Radio Science Investigations (RSI) experiment was selected by the European Space Agency to be included in the International Rosetta Mission to comet P/Wirtanen (launch in 2003, arrival and operational phase at the comet 2011-2013). The RSI science objectives address fundamental aspects of cometary physics such as the mass and bulk density of the nucleus, the gravity field, non-gravitational forces, the size and shape, the internal structure, the composition and roughness of the nucleus surface, the abundance of large dust grains and the plasma content in the coma and the combined dust and gas mass flux on the orbiter. RSI will make use of the radio system of the Rosetta spacecraft.

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