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Thn Bepi Colombo

Bepi Colombo

Launched on 20th October 2018 and arriving at Mercury late 2025.
RF:MPO High Gain Antenna is 1m with 38.5dB gain at X-Band
RF: High Gain Antenna 45.4dB gain at Ka-Band
RF: Medium Gain Antenna 21.5dB gain at X-Band
RF: Low Gain Antenna is a horn with 8dB gain at X-Band
RF: Transmit frequencies: 8401.297MHz,8420.432MHz, 8439.567, 31978.5MHz, 31997.64MHz, 32016.78MHz and 32100.85MHz
RF: X-Band TX power is 24 watts, Ka-Band TX power is 14.5 watts

Cassini

Launched on 15th October 1997 and arrived at Saturn on 1st July 2004. Mission ended on 15th September 2017 with atmospheric entry
RF: High Gain Antenna is 4m with 46.6dB gain at X-Band
RF: Low Gain Antenna is a horn with 9dB gain
RF: Transmit frequencies: 8427.222221MHz,8429.938271MHz and 32033.76MHz
RF: X-Band TX power is 20 watts.
Details of the Cassini telecommunications subsystems are available here

Thn chandra yanan 1

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

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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

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Chang'e'3 Lander

Launched along with the Yutu Lunar rover on 1st of December 2013 and landed on the moon on the 14th December 2013.
RF: Primary downlink 8496.000MHz

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

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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

GAIA

Launched on the 19 December 2013.
RF: X-Band phased array transmitting at 8465.000MHz
ESA GAIA mission website here

GRAIL

Launched on the 10th September 2011.
RF: 6dB gain X-Band patch at 8451.5995MHz and 8451.7995MHz.
RF: 5dB gain patch at 2279.511MHz and 2280.6MHz.
GRAIL mission website here

Hayabusa 2

Launched on the 3rd December 2014.
RF: 90cm X-Band and Ka-Band phased array antennas transmitting at 8406.664MHz, 8425.864198MHz and 32018.180MHz
JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission website here

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 8468.5000MHz
RF: 19dB gain horn with 22Watts of power at 8468.5000MHz
Herschel mission website here

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
Ikaros mission website here

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

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
Kepler mission website here

LADEE

Launched on the 7th September 2013 and ended on the 17th April 2014 due to Lunar impact.
RF: Omni directional and medium gain antenna system with 5Watts of power at 2238.8MHz
LADEE mission website here

LISA Pathfinder

Launched on the 3rd December 2015 and was decommissioned on the 30th June 2017
RF:X-Band transmitter power 6 watts on 8495MHz and driven into hemispheric antennas
LISA mission website here

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Launched on the 18th June 2009
RF:5 watt S-Band transmitter at 2271.2MHz with two S-band omni antennas, 2 medium-gain horns and the 75cm HGA
RF: 40 watt Ka-Band transmitter at 25.65 GHz to the 75cm HGA
LRO mission website here
LRO press kit here

Thn mars explorer

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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 40dBi) : 630957 watts
MEX at the ESA's website is available here
MEX Orbiter radio science document available here

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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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 39dBi) : 199526 watts
Press pack available here

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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 38.3dBi) : 107151 watts
Press pack available here
Odyssey telecommunications overview - well worth a read here

Mars Orbiter Mission - ISRO

Launched on 5th November 2013 and arrived at Mars on 24th September 2014
RF: High Gain Antenna is 2.2m with 230 watts of power at 2292.96MHz
MOM Mission overview available here

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Launched on the 12th August 2005 and arrived at Mars on the 10th March 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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 45.4dBi) : 3467368 watts
MRO press kit available here Modulation type is QPSK

Mars Science Laboratory

Launched on the 26th November 2011 and arrived at Mars on the 6th August 2012
RF: Rover High Gain Antenna 25.5dB gain and 15 watts of power at 8401.419752MHz
RF: Descent Stage Medium Gain Antenna with 19.2dB gain and same power / frequency

MSL telecommunications overview available here

Mars MAVEN

Launched on the 18th November 2013 and arrived at Mars on 21st September 2014
RF: High Gain Antenna is 2.1m with 100 watt TWTA at 8445.800000 MHz
MAVEN mission website here

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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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 42.3dBi) : 199526 watts
New Horizons 'advances in telecommunications concepts' available here

Osiris-REX

Launched on the the 8th September 2016 towards Bennu asteroid
RF: High Gain Antenna 2.1m with 100 watts of power at 8445.768000MHz
EO Portal information page is here

Thn Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe

Launched on 12th August 2018 and arriving at the sun on 24th December 2025.
RF: High Gain Antenna is 60m with 14.8dB gain at X-Band
RF: High Gain Antenna 44dB gain at Ka-Band
RF: Transmit frequencies: 8431.296MHz and 32038.93MHz
RF: X-Band TX power is 20 watts, Ka-Band TX power is 34.6 watts

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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)
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 18dBi) : 955 watts

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

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

Rosetta

Launched on March the 2nd 2004 and landed on Comet 67 P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko on 30th September 2016
RF: High Gain Antenna is 2.2m with 28 watts of power at 8421.790123 MHz
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 42.7dBi) : 467735 watts
Rosetta factsheet available here
Rosetta mission overview available here

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 information is available here

Spektr-R / RadioAstron

Launched on the 18th of July 2011
RF: High Gain Antenna is 1.5m with 2W of RF power at 8400.000 MHz
Radioastron / Spektr-r mission website is here
Radioastron user guide is here

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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 39dB) : 158489 watts
Spitzer current status information is available here

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
Current mission status information is available here

Trace Gas Orbiter Exomars

Launched on the 14th March 2016
RF:2.2 m diameter high-gain antenna with 65 W TWTA at 8410.6543MHz
Current mission status information is available here

Thn venus express

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
RF: ERP (antenna gain = 38.3dBi) : 426579 watts
Venus Express engineering information available here

Yutu Rover

Yutu Rover

Launched on 1st December 2013 and landed on the moon on the 14th December 2013.
RF: X-Band transmit on 8462.08MHz.

Spacecraft thumbnails credit: NASA, ESA, JAXA

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