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Antennas at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex Name Diameter Description DSS 12: "Echo" 34m D
by justsomehnguy 2y ago
Antennas at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Name Diameter Description
DSS 12: "Echo" 34m Decommissioned in 2012.
DSS 13: "Venus" 34m Beam waveguide antenna (BWG) on altazimuth mount, located in Venus, California. ~910 m2 aperture.
-> DSS 14: "Mars" 70m Cassegrain reflector on Alt/Az mount. ~3850 m2 aperture.
DSS 15: "Uranus" 34m "High Efficiency" reflector on Alt/Az mount
DSS 24, 25, 26: "Apollo" 34 m BWG reflector on Alt/Az mount
DSS 27, 28: "Gemini" 34 m BWG reflector on "High Speed" Alt/Az mount
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex#Antennas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communica...
- Retric 2y agoTo be clear, the heading of that column is Diameter. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-deep-space-network-looks-to-the-future/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-deep-space-network-looks... As a sanity check, the video says the area of the dish is approximately one acre which would be ~4,046m2 and a 35m radius disk is ~3,850 m^2.