Antenna

An antenna allows the communication with Kerbin, when deployed. With version 0.22 the antennae allow transmitting back scientific data without the need to recover the craft on Kerbin. Mods like the RemoteTech add additionally functionality to them.

When it transmits data to the Research and Development facility, it consumes quite an amount of electric charge. The transmission will be suspended when all electric charge is drained, but continue automatically after sufficient power is available. The antenna will also automatically deploy to perform the transmission and retract after completion. Aborting the transmission of scientific data will destroy the data which was to be send. No warning is given about this. In case no specific antenna is selected to send the scientific data, the game chooses the best one. Any antenna will send the data in packages of 2Mits. The cost differs from antenna to antenna.

Prior to version 0.22 antennae can't be retracted. Though there was a bug when the craft is accessed from the Tracking Station, will make the antenna blocked in the retracted state.

Available antennae

Image	Part	Radial size	Cost ()	Mass (t)	Max. Temp. (K)	Tolerance (m/s)	Tolerance (g)	Electricity (⚡/Mit)	Electricity (⚡/s)	Net transmission speed (Mits/s)	Relay capable	CommNet Tier
	Communotron 16	Tiny	300	0.005	2 000	7	50	6	20.0	3.33	No	1
	Communotron 16-S	Radial mounted	300	0.015	2 000	7	50	6	20.0	3.33	No	1
	Communotron DTS-M1	Radial mounted	900	0.05	2 000	8	50	6	34.3	5.71	No	3
	Communotron HG-55	Radial mounted	1200	0.075	2 000	7	50	6.67	133.3	20.0	No	4
	Communotron 88-88	Tiny	1 500	0.1	2 000	7	50	10	200.0	20.0	No	5
	HG-5 High Gain Antenna	Tiny	600	0.07	2 000	8	50	9	51.4	5.71	Yes	2
	RA-2 Relay Antenna	Tiny	1 800	0.15	2 000	8	50	24	68.6	2.86	Yes	3
	RA-15 Relay Antenna	Tiny	2 400	0.3	2 000	8	50	12	68.6	5.71	Yes	4
	RA-100 Relay Antenna	Small	3 000	0.65	2 000	8	50	6	68.6	11.43	Yes	5