Open call for ngRADAR Technical Advisory Council (TAC) at LPSC 2023
March 13th, 2023

The ngRADAR Team is requesting participation from the science and technical planetary radar community via membership of the ngRADAR TAC. Membership will be determined through open nominations and a selection process involving NRAO/GBO staff and the community.

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Open call for ngRADAR Science Advisory Council (SAC) at LPSC 2023
March 13th, 2023

The ngRADAR Team is requesting participation from the science and technical planetary radar community via membership of the ngRADAR SAC. Membership will be determined through open nominations and a selection process involving NRAO/GBO staff and the community.

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ngRADAR NSF’s MSRI-1 1st-year Report submitted - 2nd-year funding awarded
June 30th, 2022

The ngRADAR NSF’s MSRI-1 1st-year Report on completed, current and expected activities through September 2022 was successfully submitted on June 12, 2022. NSF's positive review enabled release of 2nd-year award funding through end of 2023.

ngRADAR NSF’s MSRI-1 activities kick-off
November 2nd, 2021

NRAO, GBO and RIS kicked-off activities for the ngRADAR NSF’s MSRI-1 award at a workshop held at GBO on November 2-4, 2020.

ngRADAR NSF’s MSRI-1 awarded
October 29th, 2021

The ngRADAR NSF’s Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure 1 (MSRI-1) proposal was successfully awarded in October 2021 as a 2-year award. NSF's requested PEP tasks and milestones redistribution over a 2-year period, which was submitted and approved in early 2022.

ngRADAR NSF's MSRI-1 proposal submitted
May 12th, 2021

A 1-year proposal for a high-power and high-frequency radar transmitter for GBT as NSF's Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure 1 (MSRI-1) was submitted in mid 2021. Specifically, planning envisioned to develop detailed conceptual designs for (a) a high-power high frequency phased-array radar transmitter for the Green Bank Telescope, and (b) a medium-power phased-array modular transmitter system for deployment on antennas under design for the next-generation Very Large Array.

Successful GBT Radar Prototype observation campaign March 2021
March 21st, 2021

Successful results from observation campaigns of March 15-21, 2021, ultimately produced the ground-work and support for planning a more capable planetary radar system for GBT.

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Successful GBT Radar Prototype observation campaign November 2020
November 12th, 2020

Successful results from observation campaigns of November 10-12, 2020, produced the ground-work and refinements to support planning for a second observation campaign in March 2021.

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Radar Prototype deployed on GBT
November 4th, 2020

NRAO, GBO and external partner Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RIS) worked on the deployment and testing of a 700 W Ku-band transmitters starting in September 2020. The Radar prototype was successfully deployed on GBT and commissioned in early November 2020.

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GBO Workshop 2015
June 9th, 2015

Consideration for a transmitter on the GBT gained traction around 2015 at a workshop on the Future of Planetary Radio Astronomy with Single-Dish Telescopes held at GBO.

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