Antenna required to reach titan

Asked Mar 17 '20 at 21:58

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There are two 12U cubesats, one in Earth orbit and one in orbit around Titan. They have a transmit power of 700 W (for short periods) and have identical antennas.

What diameter and what type of antenna would be advised so that these spacecraft can communicate with each other?

edited Mar 18 '20 at 00:48

uhoh

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asked Mar 17 '20 at 21:58

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Not a radio tech here: but the prelimenary answer is easy: "Insufficient data, no receiving antenna size specified." – Hennes Mar 17 '20 at 22:10
the same diameter, the connection is Satellite <-> Satellite the same, one in Titan orbit and other in LEO – Valentino Zaffrani Mar 17 '20 at 22:41
@ValentinoZaffrani I made an edit to clarify and include your reply in comments. How does this look? – uhoh Mar 18 '20 at 00:48
What is the expected data rate? Kilobits per second, bits per second, bits per minute or hour? – Uwe Mar 18 '20 at 10:07
Kilobits per second – Valentino Zaffrani Mar 18 '20 at 16:43
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This question is deeply flawed. You are not going to do this with two 12U cubesats, as you have already been told in the highly related question X-Band range and data. – David Hammen Mar 18 '20 at 22:01
The higher the data rate you expect the lower the possibility of a solution. Kilobits per second have been done using a very large DSN antenna with a very powerful transmitter. – Uwe Mar 19 '20 at 12:42

Antenna required to reach titan

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