urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss36_34m 1.0 1.13.0.0 Product_Context 2020-07-19 1.0 Original context file for the 34-m DSS-36 antenna near Canberra, Australia. urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:dsn.810-005 instrument_to_document This reference is to a PDS collection containing several versions of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) Telecommunications Link Design Handbook (Document 810-005). The Handbook is maintained in a modular format to provide interface design data to flight projects using the DSN. Modules are updated as appropriate. Each member product in the PDS collection is the set of modules as they applied at that point in time. Modules include: 001 Handbook Introduction 101 70-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces 102 26-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces (omitted in 2009 and later versions) 103 34-m HEF Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces 104 34-m BWG Antennas Telecommunications Interfaces 105 Atmospheric and Environmental Effects 106 Solar Corona and Solar Wind Effects 107 Radio Source Catalog 201 Frequency and Channel Assignments 202 34-m and 70-m Doppler 203 Sequential Ranging 205 Command Service 206 Telemetry General Information 207 34-m and 70-m Telemetry Reception 208 Telemetry Data Decoding 209 Open-Loop Radio Science 210 Delta Differrential One-way Ranging 211 Wideband Very Long Baseline Interferometry 214 Pseudonoise and Regenerative Ranging 301 Coverage and Geometry 302 Antenna Positioning 303 Media Calibration 304 Frequency and Timing 305 Test Support 901 Handbook Glossary urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.dsn telescope_to_facility This context product provides more information on the NASA Deep Space Network as a whole. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.canberra telescope_to_facility This context product provides more information on the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex. urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:dsn.rss telescope_to_instrument This context product provides more information on the commanding, radio tracking, and radio science instrumentation at the telescope. https://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/Pages/welcome.html An overview of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex with photographs. Pull down the Antennas menu and select "DSS 36" for this antenna. 34 148.978544 -35.395102 685.503 WGS 84 Ellipsoid Deep Space Station 36 (DSS-36) was built from 2012 to 2016, as part of the Deep Space Network's Aperture Enhancement Program (DAEP), coming into service on 2016-10-01. It was officially opened on 2016-11-03. The antenna is very similar in structure to DSS-45; however, the transmission and reception equipment is located underground rather than in a cone at the focal point of the dish. The radio signal is guided from the subreflector through a hole in the surface of the dish to the receiving equipment via a system of reflecting mirrors inside a large tube. The reverse path allows transmission. This design is called 'beam waveguide' (BWG); it reduces weight on the reflecting surface, insulates electronics from environmental factors including dish movement, and simplifies maintenance. DSS-36 can transmit up to 250 W at 2.1 GHz and 20 kW at 7.1 GHz. It can receive right- or left-circular polarization at 2.2 GHz; in late 2021 it will have the same capability at 26.2 GHz. At 8.4 and 32.0 GHz it can receive both polarizations simultaneously. Antenna coordinates were converted from Table 5 in module 301 (revision L) of the DSN Telecommunications Link Design Handbook (DSN document 810-005). The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is managed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science research agency. The CDSCC is at Tidbinbilla, about 35 km southwest of Canberra, ACT.