Station Name

USN Western Australia RGS*

Station Location

Mingeneu, Australia Lat=29.2 S Long=114.9 E Alt=250 meters

Aperture #1

Antenna Size and Type

13.0 meter, full hemispherical monopulse autotracker

Antenna Velocity and Acceleration

EL: 5 deg/s, 8 deg/s/s

AZ: 8 deg/s, 10 deg/s/s

Receive RF bands

S-band: 2200 � 2400MHz

X-band: 7800 � 8500MHz

Ku-band: 11.5 � 12.75 GHz

Receive G/T

S-band: 24.0 dB/K

X-band: 37.0 dB/K

Ku-band: 38.0 dB/K

Modulations supported

PM, BPSK, QPSK, FM

Subcarriers supported

BPSK <=1.7MHz

Receive Data rate range

S-band: 10bps � 10Mbps

X-band: mission specific to 320 Mbps

Ku-band: 10bps � 10Mbps

Polarizations supported

RHC/LHC diversity

Transmit RF bands

S-band: 2025 � 2120MHz

Ku-band: 14.0 � 14.5 GHz

Transmit EIRP

S-band: 68.0 dBW

Ku-band: 89.0 dBW

Transmit Data rate range

10bps � 1Mbps

Transmit Subcarrier

BPSK 8KHz � 1.2MHz

Space Data protocols

CCSDS, TDM

Connectivity protocols

TCP/IP, UDP/IP

Link Coding

Reed-Solomon

Convolutional

Tracking

Angles, Doppler, USB Ranging