Telescope Information
IDENTIFIER urn:esa:psa:context:telescope:malarguee.dsa3_35m::1.0
NAME ESTRACK station DSA3 (DSS-84) 35-m Radio Telescope
DESCRIPTION DSA 3 is an ESA 35m telescope near Malarguee, Argentina. The telescope is a Cassegrain beam waveguide (BWG) antenna constructed between 2009 and 2012; it was inaugurated in December 2012 and began routine service in early 2013. The telescope has dichroic mirrors to separate X- and Ka-band signals; it transmits up to 20 kW at 7 GHz and receives at 8 GHz 32 GHz using helium-cooled low-noise amplifiers.The ESA designation for the telescope is DSA-3, following New Norcia (DSA-1; DSS-74) and Cebreros (DSA-2). DSS-84 is an ad hoc identifier for the ESA 35-m telescope near Malarguee, Argentina, assigned by theRadar and Radio Science Systems Group at JPL.
FACILITY ESA's tracking station network ESTRACK
APERTURE 35.0
LONGITUDE 290.60165
LATITUDE -35.77611
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