The following links provided background information and were visited in the course of completing this project. Additional resources are linked directly in the document (such as product spec sheets).
Agencies
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/Vision/index.html |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/engineering/space/satellite/index_e.html |
| NASA Deep Space Network | http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/ |
Resources
| Great Source of Information, Especially for Components | http://www.rfcafe.com |
| Fantastic DSN Comms Overview | http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/DeepSpaceNetwork/DeepSpaceNetwork.html |
| Course Homepage | http://www.propagation.gatech.edu/ECE6390/ |
| DSN Telecommunications Link Design Handbook | http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/deepspace/dsndocs/810-005/ |
| US Frequency Spectrum Chart | http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf |
| Neptune Facts and Figures | http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Facts&System=Metric |
Other
| Nice Deep Space Screensaver | http://www.sharewareconnection.com/deep-space-video.htm |
| My Wedding Homepage | http://www.rachelandjoe.org |
Additional Reference
Pratt, Timothy, Charles Bostian, and Jeremy Allnutt. Satellite Communications. Second Edition. USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.