| Communicating Across the Solar System (2004) | |||||||||
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| Communicating Across the SolarSystem Edwards and Stelzried Jet Propulsion Laboratory Californialnstitute ofTechnology Pasadena AProposed Article forAES Magazine Issue for thAnniversary ofIEEE AES Abstract One the defining accomplishmentsof the century isthe beginning our civilization explorationof the solar system The abilityto communicateover solar system distancesis one the keysto enabling planetary exploration andour deep space communications capability defines the bandwidth over whichwe can experience these remote worlds The latter half the century reveals remarkable growth deep space communications based sustained technology developmentand infusion both flight and ground technologies Future technology initiatives theareas higher frequencies larger apertures and improved coding promisefurthergrowth indeep space communications capability Intensivein situ explorationof planetary targets such Mars callsfor the creationof new telecommunications infrastructuresto createInternet like functionalityfor support future missions These developments will transform theway which weexplore and experience the solar systemin the coming millennium Introduction the last half ofthe century our civilization has begun the next chapter inour ongoingquestfor discovery with the initiationof the robotic explorationof our solar system less than fifty years have brokenfree theEarth gravity well and flown spacecraftto every planetin the solar system except Pluto The ultimate goalof this exploration es | |||||||||
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