Telescope Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss14_64m::1.1
NAME DSS-14 64-m Radio Telescope
DESCRIPTION This fully steerable telescope is a parabolic radio/radar antenna that is part of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). DSS-14 was first operational in 1964 with a 64-m aperture, supporting the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars; as a result, it was subsequently known as "Mars Station". Its aperture was extended to 70-m in 1988 to support the Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune. The 64-m antenna could receive at frequencies between about 1.6 and 8.6 GHz in left-circular polarization (LCP); over 2.0-8.6 GHz it could receive simultaneously in both LCP and right-circular polarization (RCP). It could transmit up to 20 kW at selected frequencies in the 2-8 GHz range. DSS-14 was used occasionally as part of the Goldstone Solar System Radar, which has more powerful transmitters. Antenna coordinates were converted from Table 5 in module 301 (revision L) of the DSN Telecommunications Link Design Handbook (DSN document 810-005).
FACILITY Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
APERTURE 64.0
LONGITUDE 243.11046
LATITUDE 35.4259
ALTITUDE
COORIDINATE SOURCE WGS 84 Ellipsoid
INVESTIGATION(S)
INSTRUMENT(S) DSS-14 X-band Goldstone Solar System Radar Transmitter