munity and is operated by the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. ASF is both a member of the DAAC (Distributed Active Archive Center) Alliance and a NASA/NOAA Ground Network Station. In addition, ASF is the data acquisition Order Desk for all non-commercial U.S. customers for RADARSAT-1 and ERS-2 data.

ASF archives SAR data in accordance with International MOU’s, processes multiple levels of data products, distributes data products to a diverse, non-commercial user community and provides user tools speci c to ASF’s data. The highly trained consultants in the User Services Of ce strive to ensure customer statisfaction.

As a ground station, ASF operates two tracking stations, a 10m X-band and an 11m X- and S-band system. Each tracker is capable of three (3) simultaneous channels from polar-orbiting spacecraft. ASF is currently servicing three satellites on a 24/7 basis: Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) RADARSAT-1, European Space Agency’s (ESA) ERS-2, and National Space Development Agency of Japan’s (NASDA) ADEOS-2.RGS 10m Tracking System

• Latitude - 64 deg 51 min 35.6797 sec N, NAD27
• Longitude - 147 deg 50 min 50.2500 sec W, NAD27
• Elevation at feed - 758 ft msl
• 10m aperture, Cassegrain feed with S-Band feed at prime

focus, X-Band feed at Cassegrain focus
• 3316 three-axis pedestal with 2.5 deg tilt axis
• 3842 antenna controller
• Computerized, full hands-off pass support capability
• No capability for S-Band uplink at this time, but could be

Three independent, separately-tuned data channels
• RHC & LHC selectable for all data channels as a group
• Freq Range 8025-8400 MHz (in 200KHz) increments)
• QPSK/UQPSK

• Bit synch/Signal conditioner support for:
105 Mbps QPSK [ERS-2 & RSAT]
100 Mbps QPSK [Envisat]
85 Mbps QPSK [RSAT]
60 Mbps QPSK [ADEOS 2]
6 Mbps QPSK [ADEOS 2]

S-Band telemetry system G/T - 21 dB/deg K
Tracking channel, pseudo-monopulse autotrack mode
No active data channels at this time, but capability could be