Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex

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NASA ground station deep space communications complex radio telescope facility space communications facility

The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility near Madrid, Spain, equipped with large radio antennas that track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex canonical	4
NASA Deep Space Network station	1
Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA ground station ⓘ deep space communications complex ⓘ radio telescope facility ⓘ space communications facility ⓘ
affiliation	Spanish space activities ⓘ United States civil space program ⓘ surface form: United States space program
country	Spain ⓘ
frequencyBand	Ka-band ⓘ S-band ⓘ X-band ⓘ
hasAntenna	DSS-54 ⓘ DSS-55 ⓘ DSS-61 ⓘ DSS-63 ⓘ DSS-65 ⓘ
hasAntennaType	34-meter beam waveguide antenna ⓘ 70-meter antenna ⓘ
hasCapability	high-gain communications ⓘ ranging measurements ⓘ spacecraft navigation support ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ
hasCoordinateRole	one of three primary DSN complexes ⓘ
hasSisterComplex	Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ surface form: Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ
languageOfInternationalCoordination	English ⓘ
languageOfLocalOperations	Spanish ⓘ
locatedNear	Madrid ⓘ
locatedOn	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
operatedFor	Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
operator	Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology ⓘ surface form: Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial NASA ⓘ
ownedBy	NASA ⓘ
partOf	Deep Space Network ⓘ surface form: NASA Deep Space Network
partOfNetwork	Deep Space Network ⓘ surface form: Deep Space Network 70-meter subnet
primaryFunction	command transmission ⓘ deep space spacecraft tracking ⓘ radio science experiments ⓘ telemetry reception ⓘ
supportsMission	Mars orbiters ⓘ Mars rovers ⓘ New Horizons ⓘ surface form: New Horizons spacecraft Voyager spacecraft ⓘ lunar orbiters ⓘ outer planet missions ⓘ
supportsMissionType	deep space astronomy missions ⓘ heliophysics missions ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ lunar missions ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deep Space Network → hasPart → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ

DSN → hasComponent → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ

subject surface form: Deep Space Network

Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, Spain → hosts → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ

subject surface form: Robledo de Chavela

Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, Spain → hosts → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ

subject surface form: Robledo de Chavela

this entity surface form: NASA Deep Space Network station

Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex → sisterComplex → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ

International Ultraviolet Explorer → groundStation → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station