- Conceived in the 1990s
- Final design and construction in the early 2000s
- Launched in 2004
- Designed for digital communication range of 1 billion km (600 million miles).
- Commuicate via S-band (2 GHz) and X-band (8 GHz)
- Antenna is 35 meter diameter (near Perth, Australia)
- Data transmission rate is 10 to 22k bits per second
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Long-distance_communication
Now, my expectation is higher than 22k Hz and i do not expect to have a 35 meter antenna but it is 10 to 15 years later and my new, top rated ASUS router also uses 2.4 GHz bands but cannot send a WiFi signal from my basement to the second floor!
- Final design and construction in the early 2000s
- Launched in 2004
- Designed for digital communication range of 1 billion km (600 million miles).
- Commuicate via S-band (2 GHz) and X-band (8 GHz)
- Antenna is 35 meter diameter (near Perth, Australia)
- Data transmission rate is 10 to 22k bits per second
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Long-distance_communication
Now, my expectation is higher than 22k Hz and i do not expect to have a 35 meter antenna but it is 10 to 15 years later and my new, top rated ASUS router also uses 2.4 GHz bands but cannot send a WiFi signal from my basement to the second floor!