December 31, 2022 The 20-Meter antenna celebrated 30 years to the NASA Space Geodesy Project campaign. The system receiver is of NRAO design configured with dual polarization feed using cooled 15 K HEMT amplifiers. The antenna is of the same design and manufactured similarly as those used at Green Bank, WV. and Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. A Mark 5B+ recorder is currently used for all data recording tasks. An aerial view of the Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO) located in Kokee State Park on Kauai Island. The new 12-meter antenna system is shown at center. The older, larger 20-Meter antenna (left) has been supporting NASA earth and climate scientific research for over 30 years but will eventually be decommissioned and removed once the next-generation VLBI Global Observing System is fully operational and replaces the legacy VLBI network.
