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== Radio Groundstations ==
== Overview ==
(From [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_station Wikipedia])


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A ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves from astronomical radio sources. Ground stations may be located either on the surface of the Earth, or in its atmosphere.
 
== The Stanford Dish ==
 
=== Background ===
 
The Stanford Dish is a 150 ft diameter radio telescope built in 1961 at Stanford University. First used to study the chemical composition of the atmosphere, the station is now used to communicate with satellites and spacecraft using its unique bistatic range radio communicators, where the transmitter and receiver are in separate units. Beside the dish stands a 20-25 megacycle transmitter - the million watt input gives the dish a 300-400 KW radar probe.
 
[http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19611002-01.2.3# Stanford Daily Unveiling Article]
 
The dish is currently owned by [https://www.sri.com/research-development/specialized-facilities/dish-radio-antenna-facility SRI International]
 
=== Bands of Operation ===
 
150 MHz to 1.5 GHz as described by this [http://www.antenna-theory.com/antennas/reflectors/dish.php site]
 
=== Visual Angle of Sky ===
 
== Other Radio Groundstations ==
 
(IN PROGRESS)
 
[http://landsat.usgs.gov/Maps/about_ground_stations/ Map Of Landsat Groundstations]
 
Table 4.1: Network Receiver Node Locations.
 
City State
Latitude (deg)
Longitude (deg)
Altitude (km)
 
Anchorage AK
61.175
-149.993
0.031
 
Atlanta GA
33.748
-84.388
0.313
 
Augusta ME
44.312
-69.783
0.020
 
Austin TX
30.267
-97.743
0.305
 
Blacksburg VA
37.205
-80.417
0.633
 
Denver CO
40.039
-104.984
1.6475
 
Edmonton CAN
53.544
-113.491
0.671
 
Helena MT
46.596
-112.027
1.237
 
Honolulu HI
21.304
-157.858
0.004
 
McMurdo ANT
-77.845
-75.597
0.034
 
Miami FL
25.79
-80.13
0.0024
 
Oklahoma OK
35.468
-97.516
0.396
 
Olympia WA
47.037
-122.9
0.031
 
Phoenix AZ
33.446
-112.077
0.340
 
Pierre SD
44.368
-100.35
0.442
 
Sacramento CA
38.582
-121.493
0.009
 
SanJuan PR
18.451
-66.088
0.003
 
Toronto CAN
43.653
-79.384
0.076
 
Urbana IL
40.111
-88.228
0.222
 
[[Category: Satellites]]

Latest revision as of 03:27, 19 April 2016

Overview

(From Wikipedia)

A ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves from astronomical radio sources. Ground stations may be located either on the surface of the Earth, or in its atmosphere.

The Stanford Dish

Background

The Stanford Dish is a 150 ft diameter radio telescope built in 1961 at Stanford University. First used to study the chemical composition of the atmosphere, the station is now used to communicate with satellites and spacecraft using its unique bistatic range radio communicators, where the transmitter and receiver are in separate units. Beside the dish stands a 20-25 megacycle transmitter - the million watt input gives the dish a 300-400 KW radar probe.

Stanford Daily Unveiling Article

The dish is currently owned by SRI International

Bands of Operation

150 MHz to 1.5 GHz as described by this site

Visual Angle of Sky

Other Radio Groundstations

(IN PROGRESS)

Map Of Landsat Groundstations

Table 4.1: Network Receiver Node Locations.

City State Latitude (deg) Longitude (deg) Altitude (km)

Anchorage AK 61.175 -149.993 0.031

Atlanta GA 33.748 -84.388 0.313

Augusta ME 44.312 -69.783 0.020

Austin TX 30.267 -97.743 0.305

Blacksburg VA 37.205 -80.417 0.633

Denver CO 40.039 -104.984 1.6475

Edmonton CAN 53.544 -113.491 0.671

Helena MT 46.596 -112.027 1.237

Honolulu HI 21.304 -157.858 0.004

McMurdo ANT -77.845 -75.597 0.034

Miami FL 25.79 -80.13 0.0024

Oklahoma OK 35.468 -97.516 0.396

Olympia WA 47.037 -122.9 0.031

Phoenix AZ 33.446 -112.077 0.340

Pierre SD 44.368 -100.35 0.442

Sacramento CA 38.582 -121.493 0.009

SanJuan PR 18.451 -66.088 0.003

Toronto CAN 43.653 -79.384 0.076

Urbana IL 40.111 -88.228 0.222

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