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DSS -15 Uranus 34 Meter High Efficiency (HEF) Antenna
Please view "Goldstone DSN Tracking Station -- Mojave Desert" set (#10 of 16 images)
DSS-15 is a 34m HEF (High-Efficiency) antenna used primarily to communicate with spacecraft.
The station was completed in 1984 and used operationally for the first time in support of the January 1986 Voyager 2 flyby encounter with Uranus more than 3 billion kilometers (1.8 billion miles) away.
DSS-15 is equipped with an electrically driven azimuth-elevation type of mount. The antenna dish is supported by a steel spaceframe, which rotates in azimuth on four self aligning wheel assemblies that ride on a precisely leveled circular steel track. The track is held firmly in place by 16 tangent links that attach to a central reinforced concrete pedestal. The antenna dish structure is attached to the elevation gear wheel, which drives the antenna up and down. The operating speeds are 0.40 degree per second in azimuth and elevation.
DSS-15 is referred to as a high-efficiency antenna because the reflector surface has been precision-shaped for maximum signal-gathering capability.
© Lawrence Goldman 2010, All Rights Reserved
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DSS -15 Uranus 34 Meter High Efficiency (HEF) Antenna
Please view "Goldstone DSN Tracking Station -- Mojave Desert" set (#10 of 16 images)
DSS-15 is a 34m HEF (High-Efficiency) antenna used primarily to communicate with spacecraft.
The station was completed in 1984 and used operationally for the first time in support of the January 1986 Voyager 2 flyby encounter with Uranus more than 3 billion kilometers (1.8 billion miles) away.
DSS-15 is equipped with an electrically driven azimuth-elevation type of mount. The antenna dish is supported by a steel spaceframe, which rotates in azimuth on four self aligning wheel assemblies that ride on a precisely leveled circular steel track. The track is held firmly in place by 16 tangent links that attach to a central reinforced concrete pedestal. The antenna dish structure is attached to the elevation gear wheel, which drives the antenna up and down. The operating speeds are 0.40 degree per second in azimuth and elevation.
DSS-15 is referred to as a high-efficiency antenna because the reflector surface has been precision-shaped for maximum signal-gathering capability.
© Lawrence Goldman 2010, All Rights Reserved
This work may not be copied, reproduced, republished, edited, downloaded, displayed, modified, transmitted, licensed, transferred, sold, distributed or uploaded in any way without my prior written permission.