Dual AN/FSC-78 antennas
USA /
Maryland /
Fort Meade /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Fort Meade
World / United States / Maryland
military, antenna
The AN/ FSC-78( V) is a fixed SHF SATCOM heavy SGT operating in the X-band frequency range. The AN/GSC-39 differs from the AN/FSC-78 18.29 m (60 ft) dish only in using an 11.6 m (38 ft) diameter, DE-222/G, parabolic dish. The terminal is composed of six subsystems, including antenna tracking, transmitter, receiver, frequency reference, control, and monitoring. The antenna is a 60-foot diameter, high-efficiency, parabolic reflector providing an antenna gain-to-noise temperature ratio (G/ T) of 39 dB/K. The reflector is mounted on an elevation-over-azimuth-configured pedestal.
www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/an-fsc-78.htm
www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/an-fsc-78.htm
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°6'17"N 76°45'26"W
- Fort George G. Meade 3.4 km
- Davidsonville Transmitter Site 15 km
- Aberdeen Proving Grounds Test Track 48 km
- Aberdeen Proving Ground 62 km
- AT&T Long LInes Fiber Trunks from Thurmont and Camp David 79 km
- Former United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge 80 km
- Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (MRB/KMRB) 113 km
- Letterkenny Army Depot 136 km
- Major AT&T Long Line Cable Segment Path 146 km
- Fort Indiantown Gap Cantonment 150 km
- Russett, Maryland 4 km
- Severn, Maryland 6.4 km
- Odenton, Maryland 7.3 km
- Hanover, Maryland 7.5 km
- Dorsey, Maryland 8 km
- Savage-Guilford, Maryland 8 km
- Columbia, Maryland 14 km
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland 19 km
- Howard County, Maryland 22 km
- Baltimore County, Maryland 40 km