The STAREC UHF transmitting antenna of DORIS DNO ground station (beacon) at Dionysos, Greece. DORIS ground segment beacons transmit to the satellites on 2036.25 MHz and 401.25 MHz. Signals are picked up and processed by small receivers on satellites using this system, like TOPEX/Poseidon and JASON.

www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/techniques/doris.html

See also DORIS article on Wikipedia.



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To the extent possible under law, Costas has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to DORIS DNO station (2010) . This work is published from Greece .