Night shot of the 70m antenna at Goldstone, California. The parabolic dish is 70m (230 ft.) in diameter.
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, located in the Mojave Desert in California, is one of three complexes which comprise NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). The DSN provides radio communications for all of NASA's interplanetary spacecraft and is also utilized for radio astronomy and radar observations of the solar system and the universe.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Earth | |
System | Earth | |
Target Type | Earth | |
Mission | Deep Space Network (DSN) | |
Instrument Host | Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) | |
Host Type | Ground-Based Observatory | |
Instrument | Deep Space Network Antenna | Goldstone Solar System Radar |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color, Radar, Radio | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2008-07-06 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10953 | |
Identifier | PIA10953 |