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Can't speak for S-band, but Ku-band data rates are 25 Mbps Earth-to-ISS and 300 Mbps ISS-to-Earth, which is the maximum supported by TDRSS Ku-band links. Data
by icw 12y ago
Can't speak for S-band, but Ku-band data rates are 25 Mbps Earth-to-ISS and 300 Mbps ISS-to-Earth, which is the maximum supported by TDRSS Ku-band links. Data rates may drop a bit depending on the individual satellite involved, configuration, etc.
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- icw 12y agoPretty much - call that antenna gain, it's much cheaper to put bigger and better hardware on the ground. Recall though that the signal still goes through a TDRSS satellite, which also has a bigger dish.
- dm2 12y agounrelated to the ISS but might be interesting to some people http://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html http://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html The fact that we can talk to something 15 billion km away is mind-blowing. It makes light (at 1 billion km per hour) seem slow.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoMore mindblowing? I, Joe Sixpack, can see the current Deep Space Network status overview (your URL) from my bedroom whilst in my underwear. Science!