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Indoor Ranges
Indoor Ranges

The Mesa Antenna Measurement Facility has three indoor ranges in anechoic chambers.

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Outdoor Ranges
Outdoor Ranges

The Mesa Antenna Measurement Facility has six outdoor far-field antenna ranges.

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High Power Test Facility
High Power Test Facility

The MESA manages and maintains a world class high power test facility.

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machine shop
Machine Shop

A small machine shop, is located on the Mesa and provides services to all Mesa users.

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Ground usage
Grounds Usage

The Mesa Service Center provides a fairly large outdoor area with a variety of terrain types for conducting user defined experiments.

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Onsite storage
Onsite Storage

Storage for large equipment (limited). Send an request form on Planning & Scheduling page.

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About MESA

The MESA Antenna test facility provides cost competitive, rapid access, high accuracy antenna RF performance certification and calibration services for JPL spacecraft telecommunications systems and flight instruments such as Radars and Radiometers. The facility also supports developmental RF testing and characterization in support of JPL research and technology tasks. Measurement capabilities include antenna patterns and peak gain, polarization characteristics, impedance and bandwidth, multipaction and ionization breakdown testing.

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