antenna is under development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory for a potential Europa Lander. The antenna is
mainly made of metal so it could survive the harsh
environment conditions of Europa (i.e. very low temperature
and high radiation and ESD levels). The antenna is flat to meet drastic volume constraints and has efficiencies higher than 80% at both the uplink and downlink X-band Deep Space frequency bands. This antenna is a key component for the potential mission enabling Direct Link to Earth (DTE) without any relying on an Orbiter to relay the data.
Document ID
20210010084
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
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Date Acquired
March 31, 2019
Publication Date
March 31, 2019
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Publisher: Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2019
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