Deep Space Monitoring for Tianwen 1 Mars Spacecraft within the 8400 - 8500 MHz range (X-band)
Attached mission monitors all X-band radio transmitter from Chinese Tianwen 1 mission, currently set to launch on August 29th.
The Chinese probe consists of 6 spacecraft: An orbiter, 2 deployable cameras, lander, remote camera & the Zhurong rover. The vast majority of the communications will be conducted within the X-band, so an amateur observer using the SPECTRAN V6 could track most of the missions with attached mission (together with a high gain antenna e.g. our latest HyperLOG PRO).
The following X-Band frequency's are known so far:
Mars s/c frequencies:
EMM-HOPE 8402.785000 LHCP
MarsOdy 8406.851852 RHCP
ExoMars 8410.657896 RHCP
Mars2020 8415.000450 RHCP
MarsEX 8420.432000 RHCP
TIANWEN-1 8431.020000 RHCP
MRO 8439.559315 RHCP
Maven 8445.760400 RHCP
Make sure to set the right settings for the used down converter or remove the block if you use the 8GHz extension option:
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