Apr 15: Tidbinbilla
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Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communications Compex is one of the the three principle locations for tracking Beyond Earth Space Missions, such as spacecraft orbiting Mercury, the Moon and Saturn, not to mention the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Voyager spacecraft now in the outermost regions of the Solar System.
Detail of the receiving tower.
NASA receiver DSS-46, 26m dia dish. We saw this near the car park when we arrived and thought it looked impressively huge - until we went inside and saw the 70m dish!
DSS-45, One of two 34m dia dishes.
DSS-34, the other 34m dia dish.
Resources:
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex
Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Deep Space Communication Network
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