The engineers at GSFC say you will need the DSN. The smallest DSN antenna is 26m and that is used only for LEO (a couple thousand km).
You talk about "red tape" like moving a huge radio telescope is some kind of formality, and you quoted a figure of 3.5m with no apparent engineering basis. I find this ridiculous.
You talk about "red tape" like moving a huge radio telescope is some kind of formality, and you quoted a figure of 3.5m with no apparent engineering basis. I find this ridiculous.