Goldstone, California

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Goldstone, California is a remote area in the Mojave Desert best known as the site of NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, a key facility for tracking and communicating with interplanetary spacecraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
unincorporated community
accessedVia restricted military roads within Fort Irwin
administeredBy San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
surface form: San Bernardino County government
climate arid desert climate
communicationRole supporting deep space telemetry and command links
supporting interplanetary spacecraft tracking
country United States of America
countrySubdivision California, United States
surface form: State of California
economicActivity federal government operations
space communications support services
elevation approximately 1000 meters above sea level
environment sparsely vegetated desert
environmentalCondition clear desert skies
low radio-frequency interference
geographicFeature remote desert area
governingBody San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
hasAreaCode 442
760
hasCoordinateSystem uses standard GPS coordinates
hasFunction supporting deep space communications
hasInfrastructure antenna complexes and support buildings
hasNameOrigin named after nearby Goldstone mining area
hasNearbyFacility Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
hasPostalCodeType ZIP code (served from nearby communities)
knownFor Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
landUse aerospace and communications facilities
federal military reservation
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
surface form: Mojave Desert region of Southern California

San Bernardino County
surface form: San Bernardino County, California
locatedInPhysiographicRegion Basin and Range Province
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedWithin Fort Irwin National Training Center
nearbyCity Barstow
surface form: Barstow, California
nearbyInstallation Fort Irwin National Training Center
surface form: Fort Irwin
nearestMajorHighway Interstate 15
surface form: Interstate 15 (via Barstow)
nearestTown Barstow
surface form: Barstow, California
partOf Inyo Mountains and Mojave Desert region infrastructure network
populationCharacteristic very sparsely populated
primaryUse space communications support area
region Inland Empire
surface form: Inland Empire (broad regional classification)
regionType remote
securityStatus access restricted due to military and NASA operations
terrain high desert
transportation no public transportation service

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Deep Space Network location Goldstone, California
DSN location Goldstone, California
subject surface form: Deep Space Network
this entity surface form: Goldstone, California, United States
El Paso Mountains region near Goldstone, California
this entity surface form: Garlock, California