Table 7.

REASON radar system parameters (actuals)

	HF	VHF
Peak Transmit Power at input to the antennas, per antenna assembly	11.75 W	5.5 W
Center Frequency	9 MHz	60 MHz
Bandwidth (Fractional Bandwidth)	1 MHz (11%)	10 MHz (17%)
Operational Altitudes	25 km to 1000 km from Europa
Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF)	50 Hz–3 kHz
Approximate On-time per Orbit	20 min warm-up and 16 min science collection
Dynamic Range	40 dB*	35 dB*
Antenna Gain at Nadir	4 dBi*	7.3 dBi
Mass	65.7 kg
AveragePower	61 W

*Requirement or CBE at time of publication.