Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

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The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA facility
deep space communications facility
constructionStart late 1950s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
DSS-14Diameter 70 meters
DSS-14Type parabolic dish antenna
frequencyBandSupported Ka-band
S-band
X-band
hasAntenna DSS-14
DSS-23
DSS-24
DSS-25
DSS-26
DSS-27
DSS-28
hasCapability near-Earth object tracking
planetary radar imaging
very long baseline interferometry support
hasFunction command uplink to spacecraft
deep space spacecraft tracking
deep space telecommunications
radar astronomy
radio science experiments
spacecraft navigation support
telemetry downlink reception
inOperationSince early 1960s
location Mojave Desert
San Bernardino County
surface form: San Bernardino County, California
managedBy Jet Propulsion Laboratory
managedFor NASA
namedAfter Goldstone, California
near Barstow
surface form: Barstow, California
notableAntenna Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mars Station (DSS-14)
operator NASA
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States Government
partOf Deep Space Network
surface form: NASA Deep Space Network

NASA Space Communications and Navigation program
state California, United States
surface form: California
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
usedForMission Cassini–Huygens
Deep Impact
Juno
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Exploration Rover mission
surface form: Mars Exploration Rovers

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Science Laboratory
New Horizons
Pioneer program
surface form: Pioneer missions

Voyager program

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Deep Space Network hasPart Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
DSN hasComponent Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
subject surface form: Deep Space Network
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex notableAntenna Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mars Station (DSS-14)
Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex hasSisterComplex Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex sisterComplex Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Goldstone, California knownFor Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Goldstone, California hasNearbyFacility Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex