Deep Space Network
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The Deep Space Network is NASA’s global system of large radio antennas used to track, communicate with, and receive data from distant spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond.
Aliases (2)
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ground station network
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space communication network → |
| abbreviation |
DSN
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| angularSeparationBetweenComplexes |
approximately 120 degrees in longitude
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| country |
United States
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| designedFor |
communication with spacecraft beyond geostationary orbit
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| frequencyBandsUsed |
Ka-band
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S-band → X-band → |
| globalCoverage |
near-continuous coverage of deep space missions
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| hasAntennaType |
34-meter beam waveguide antenna
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34-meter high-efficiency antenna → 70-meter dish antenna → |
| hasPart |
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex
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Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex → Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex → |
| headquartersLocation |
Pasadena, California
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| historicalPrecursor |
JPL deep space tracking stations of late 1950s
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| location |
Goldstone, California
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Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, Spain → Tidbinbilla, near Canberra, Australia → |
| notableMissionSupported |
Cassini–Huygens
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James Webb Space Telescope → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter → Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) → New Horizons → Parker Solar Probe → Voyager 1 → Voyager 2 → |
| operatedBy |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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| operator |
NASA
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| owner |
NASA
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| partOf |
NASA Space Communications and Navigation program
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| purpose |
deep space communications
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navigation support for interplanetary spacecraft → radio science → reception of scientific data from spacecraft → spacecraft tracking → |
| startTime |
1960s
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| supportsAgency |
European Space Agency
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JAXA → NASA → other international space agencies → |
| supportsMissionType |
heliophysics missions
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interplanetary missions → lunar missions → some Earth-orbiting missions → space-based observatories → |
| usedFor |
command uplink
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radar observations of planets and asteroids → radio astronomy → ranging → telemetry → tracking → very long baseline interferometry → |
| website |
https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Voyager 1
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Voyager program ("NASA Deep Space Network") → |
communicationNetwork |
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Flight Data Subsystem
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communicationLink |
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NASA spacecraft
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communicationMethod |
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Juno
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dataRelay |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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manages |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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operates |
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Computer Command System
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receivesCommandsFrom |
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Space Network
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relatedTo |
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Goddard Space Flight Center
("Near Earth Network")
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responsibleFor |
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SOHO
("NASA Deep Space Network")
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telemetrySupport |