Seems they're already on to something like that[1][2]: We envision deployment in three sites at or near the longitudes of the existing DSN sites. As an exampl

Seems they're already on to something like that[1][2]: We envision deployment in three sites at or near the longitudes of the existing DSN sites. As an example, a potential initial phase could deploy 40 12-m elements at each complex to duplicate the X-band performance of a DSN 70-m antenna. Second and third phase deployments may bring the number of 12-m antennas to 200, then perhaps 400 per complex. [1]: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4374100 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4374100 [2]: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4374103 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4374103