Telescope Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss13_26m::1.1
NAME DSS-13 26-m Radio Telescope
DESCRIPTION This fully steerable telescope was a research and development radio/radar antenna that was part of the NASA Deep Space Network. It was first operational in 1962 with a 26-m aperture and was named "Venus Station" to commemorate the first radar detection of Venus by radar facilities at Goldstone in 1961. The 26-m antenna was decommissioned in 1991. Its cordinates are not known. A 34-m beam waveguide (BWG) antenna was completed in 1991 at the same general location. It was given the DSS-13 identifier and was used to contnue research and development work at higher frequencies.
FACILITY Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
APERTURE 26.0
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INSTRUMENT(S) NASA Deep Space Network Radio Science