a Very Low Frequency Array for the Lunar Far-Side
Abstract
Our preliminary design of a lunar far-side correlation array is based on a two-dimensional nonuniformly spaced array of elemental dipoles extending to a maximum diameter of 1000 km. Phase 1 consists of deploying antennas over a 17 km diameter in the crater Tsiolkovsky on the lunar far-side while the outer antennas are deployed in the second phase. Array operation is over at least four bands from 1 to 30 MHz with variable bandwidths up to 5 MHz and resolutions varying from one degree at 1 MHz to one arcsecond at 30 MHz.
- Publication:
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Low Frequency Astrophysics from Space
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1007/3-540-52891-1_107
- Bibcode:
- 1990LNP...362...52B
- Keywords:
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- Lunar Based Equipment;
- Lunar Far Side;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Radio Telescopes;
- Very Low Frequencies;
- Antenna Components;
- Antenna Design;
- Phased Arrays;
- Radio Receivers;
- Very Large Array (Vla);
- Astronomy