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The high-power X-band planetary radar at Goldstone - Design, development, and early resultsSelected critical microwave components for a 400-kW very-long-pulse (several hours) X-band radar system are discussed from theoretical and practical viewpoints. Included are the special-sized waveguide and flanges, hybrid power combiner, couplers, switches, polarizer, rotary joints, feedhorn, and radome. The system is installed on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 64-m-diam reflector antenna at Goldstone, CA.
Document ID
19770034106
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hartop, R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bathker, D. A. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1976
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Accession Number
77A16958
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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