Webb talks to the Deep Space Network of antennas (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Webb talks to the Deep Space Network of antennas

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Webb talks to the Deep Space Network of antennas using S-band and Ka-band radio frequencies. For S-band communication, commanding instructions are uplinked at 16 kilobits per second (kbps) and observatory engineering telemetry and ranging are downlinked at 40 kbps. For Ka-band communication, stored science and engineering data and telemetry is downlinked at 28 Megabits per second.

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Image Credit: STScI

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