 Goldstone Deep Space Network | |
| Alternative names | Goldstone radar |
|---|---|
| Part of | DSS 14  |
| Location(s) | California, Pacific States Region |
| Coordinates | 35°25′36″N 116°53′24″W / 35.4267°N 116.89°W |
| Organization | California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA |
| Altitude | 2,950 ft (900 m) |
| Telescope style | radar radio telescope space instrument |
| Diameter | 70 m (229 ft 8 in) |
| Website | gssr |
  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.
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- ^ 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.