Goldstone Solar System Radar

Goldstone Solar System Radar
Goldstone Deep Space Network
Alternative namesGoldstone radar Edit this at Wikidata
Part ofDSS 14 Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)California, Pacific States Region
Coordinates35°25′36″N 116°53′24″W / 35.4267°N 116.89°W / 35.4267; -116.89 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationCalifornia Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude2,950 ft (900 m) Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope styleradar
radio telescope
space instrument Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter70 m (229 ft 8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitegssr.jpl.nasa.gov Edit this at Wikidata
Goldstone Solar System Radar is located in the United States
Goldstone Solar System Radar
Location of Goldstone Solar System Radar

The Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) is a large radar system used for investigating objects in the Solar System. Located in the desert near Barstow, California, it comprises a 500-kW X-band (8500 MHz) transmitter and a low-noise receiver on the 70-m DSS 14 antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex.[1] It has been used to investigate Mercury, Venus, Mars, the asteroids, and moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The most comparable facility was the radar at Arecibo Observatory,[2] until that facility collapsed.

  1. ^ Latifiyan, Pouya (April 2021). "Space Telecommunications, how?". Take off (in Persian). 1. Tehran: Civil Aviation Technology College: 15.
  2. ^ Slade, Martin A.; Benner, Lance A.M.; Silva, Arnold (2011). "Goldstone Solar System Radar Observatory: Earth-based planetary mission support and unique science results" (PDF). Proceedings of the IEEE. 99 (5): 757–769. doi:10.1109/jproc.2010.2081650. S2CID 1927114.