Signal band
S-band
A lower-frequency microwave band long used for spacecraft command and low-rate telemetry, and for near-Earth links. Robust and less affected by weather than higher bands, but limited in data rate.
Used by
- 70-metre AntennaAntenna
- Alaska Satellite FacilityGround station
- Byalalu Station (IDSN)Tracking station
- Canberra Deep Space Communication ComplexTracking station
- Cebreros StationTracking station
- Chinese Deep Space NetworkNetwork
- Commercial Deep-Space ServicesNetwork
- Deep Space Network (DSN)Network
- ESTRACKNetwork
- Goldstone Deep Space Communications ComplexTracking station
- Indian Deep Space NetworkNetwork
- JAXA Deep Space NetworkNetwork
- Jiamusi StationTracking station
- Kashgar StationTracking station
- Low-Gain Antenna (Spacecraft)Antenna
- Madrid Deep Space Communications ComplexTracking station
- Malargüe StationTracking station
- Maspalomas StationTracking station
- Near Space NetworkNetwork
- New Norcia StationTracking station
- Russian Deep Space NetworkNetwork
- Svalbard Satellite StationGround station
- Telemetry, Tracking & Command (TT&C)Communication system
- Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS)Communication system
- Ussuriysk StationTracking station
- Usuda Deep Space CenterTracking station
- Wallops Ground StationGround station
- White Sands ComplexGround station
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.