UHF-Satcom.com - DSN Space Craft RF characteristics

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Chandrayaan-1 Launched on the 22nd October 2008 and arrived at the moon on the 8 November 2008. RF: High Gain Antenna is a 70cm dish with 4 watts of power at 8484MHz ERP : ~8Kw Chandrayaan-1 heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here
Chang'e'1 Launched on the 24th October 2007 at 10:05 GMT and arrived at the moon on the 5 November 2007. Mission ended on the 1st March 2009, at 08:13:10 UTC with an impact into the surface of the Moon. RF: High Gain Antenna is a dish with 18dB of gain and 20 watts of power at 8460MHz ERP : ~1.2Kw Chandrayaan-1 heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here
Dawn Launched from KSC launch complex 17B on the 7th July 2007 RF: 3X Horn antenna with 8dB gain, 28dBw ERP at 8435.37030MHz RF: 1.5m diameter dish with 38.6dB gain, 58.6dBw ERP at 8435.37030MHz Dawn mission website here Dawn heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA / JPL
Deep Impact / EPOXI Launched on the 12th January 2005. RF: 1m diameter dish with 36dB gain with 20Watts of power at 8434.1203MHz Deep Impact / EPOXI mission website here Deep Impact / EPOXI heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA / JPL
Ikaros solar sail Launched at 16:58:22 a.m. on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time, JST) RF: ? HGA with ?Watts of power at 8431.296295MHz (please tell us if you know the details!) Ikaros mission website here Ikaros heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit JAXA
Juno Launched on the 5th August 2011 RF: 8.7dB LGA antenna system with 25Watts of power at 8404.1358 MHz RF: 18.8dB MGA antenna system with 25Watts of power at 8404.1358 MHz RF: 2.5m dish with 45dB of gain and 25Watts of power at 8404.1358 MHz RF: The same dish with 48dB gain with 2.5Watts of RF power at 32083.3395 MHz and 32088.5095 MHz Juno mission website here Juno heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA
Kepler Launched on the 6th March 2009 RF: 6.5dB gain omni antenna system with 25Watts of power at 8424.5061MHz RF: 80cm dish with 46.6dB of gain and 35Watts of power at 32166.290MHz Herschel mission website here Herschel heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA / JPL
Herschel Launched on the 14th May 2009 at 13:12 GMT and will be on station at the L2 point. RF: 9dB gain patch with 22Watts of power at 8424.5061MHz RF: 19dB gain horn with 22Watts of power at 8424.5061MHz Herschel mission website here Herschel heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit ESA
Mars Express Launched on the June the 2nd 2003 and arrived at Mars in December 2003 RF: High Gain Antenna is 1.6m with 65 watts of power at 8420.432097 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 40dBi) : 630957 watts MEX at the ESA's website is available here MEX Orbiter radio science document available here MEX heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit ESA
Mars Global Surveyor Launched on November the 7th 1996 and arrived at Mars on September the 12th 1997 Mission ended on 21st November 2006 due to a software failure :-( RF: High Gain Antenna is 1.5m with 25 watts of power at 8417.716050 MHz and 8423.148147 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 39dBi) : 199526 watts Press pack available here MGS heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA
Mars Odyssey Launched on April the 7th 2001 and arrived at Mars on October the 24th 2001 RF: High Gain Antenna is 1.3m with 15 watts of power at 8406.851853 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 38.3dBi) : 107151 watts Press pack available here Odyssey telecommunications overview - well worth a read here MO heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Launched on the 12th August 2005 and arrived at Mars on March the 10th 2006 RF: High Gain Antenna is 3m with 46.6dB gain and 100 watts of power at 8439.444446 MHz RF: High Gain Antenna is 3m with 56.10dB gain and 32 watts of power at 32223.330 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 45.4dBi) : 3467368 watts MRO press kit available here Modulation type is QPSK Heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here and here	Picture credit: NASA
New Horizons Pluto Charon Launched on the the 11th of January 2006 and is en-route to Pluto RF: High Gain Antenna is 2.1m with 12 watts of power at 8437.894737 MHz and 8438.181818 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 42.3dBi) : 199526 watts New Horizons 'advances in telecommunications concepts' available here Heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA
Phoenix Mars Lander Launched on the 4th of August 2007, landed in May 2008, mission ended September 2008 RF: Medium Gain Antenna (18dBi) with 15 watts of power at 8402.77770 MHz RF: Low Gain Antenna (7dBi) ERP (antenna gain = 18dBi) : 955 watts Heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA
Planck Launched on the 14th of May 2009 at 13:12 GMT and will be on station at the L2 point. RF: 9dB gain patch with 22Watts of power at 8455.000MHz RF: 19dB gain horn with 22Watts of power at 8455.000MHz Planck mission website here Planck heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit ESA
Planet-C Launched at 16:58:22 a.m. on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time, JST) RF: 1.6 m slot array HGA with 20Watts of power at 8410.925927MHz RF: 2 X MGA horn antennas gimballed RF: 2 X LGA for command reception Planet-C mission website here Planet-C heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit JAXA
Rosetta Launched on March the 2nd 2004 and is en-route to Comet 67 P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko RF: High Gain Antenna is 2.2m with 28 watts of power at 8421.790123 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 42.7dBi) : 467735 watts Rosetta engineering information available here Rosetta mission overview available here Rosetta heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit ESA
Smart-1 Lunar Orbiter Launched from Kourou on the 27th September 2003 Mission end date: 3rd September 2006 (impact into moon) RF: Horn antenna with 9dBm ERP at 8453.024225 MHz RF: Horn antenna with 20dBm ERP at 32121.49350 MHz Smart-1 current status information is available here Interesting flyer on Smart-1 is also available here Smart-1 heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit ESA
Spitzer Space Telescope Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the 25th August 2003 RF: High Gain Antenna is 1.35m with 20 watts of power at 8413.626490 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 39dB) : 158489 watts Spitzer current status information is available here Interesting design document on Spitzer is also available here Heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA / JPL
Stereo A & B Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the 25th October 2006 RF: Horn antenna with 6dB gain, 23dBw ERP at 8443.5185MHz & 8446.2345MHz RF: 1.15m diameter dish with 37.9dB gain, 54.4dBw ERP at 8443.5185MHz & 8446.2345MHz Stereo A&B heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here	Picture credit: NASA / JPL
Venus Express Launched on November the 9th 2005 and arrived at Venus on April the 11th 2006 RF: High Gain Antenna is 1.3m with 65 watts of power at 8419.074073 MHz ERP (antenna gain = 38.3dBi) : 426579 watts Venus Express engineering information available here VEX heard @ uhf-satcom.com, details here and here	Picture credit ESA