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NASA Deep Space Network

Index NASA Deep Space Network

The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide network of spacecraft communication ground segment facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA's interplanetary spacecraft missions. [1]

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  1. 99 relations: Advanced multi-mission operations system, Apollo 13, Apollo program, Australian Capital Territory, Barstow, California, BBC Online, Beacon mode service, Beam waveguide antenna, California Institute of Technology, Canberra, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Chinese Deep Space Network, Civil Aviation Technology College, Community of Madrid, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, CSIRO, Curiosity (rover), Deep space bands, Deep space exploration, Directional antenna, Discovery and exploration of the Solar System, Earth, Earth's magnetic field, Eberhardt Rechtin, ESTRACK, European Space Agency, Explorer 1, Galileo (spacecraft), Geocentric orbit, Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Gravity science (Juno), Green Bank Telescope, Ground segment, Harris Corporation, Heliosphere, Indian Deep Space Network, International Cometary Explorer, International Telecommunication Union, Interplanetary Internet, Interplanetary spaceflight, James Webb Space Telescope, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lagrange point, List of astronomical observatories, List of radio telescopes, Low Earth orbit, Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Madrid, Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex, ... Expand index (49 more) »

  2. Deep space networks
  3. NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities
  4. Telemetry

Advanced multi-mission operations system

The advanced multi-mission operations system (AMMOS) is a common set of services and tools created by the Interplanetary Network Directorate, a division of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for use in JPL's operation of spacecraft.

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Apollo 13

Apollo 13 (April 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon.

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Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.

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Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a federal territory of Australia.

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Barstow, California

Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert of Southern California.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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Beacon mode service

The beacon mode service is a Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) telecommunications service aimed at spacecraft which are not communicated with (on a daily basis) via NASA's Deep Space Network. NASA Deep Space Network and beacon mode service are Telemetry.

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Beam waveguide antenna

A beam waveguide antenna is a particular type of antenna dish, at which waveguides are used to transmit the radio beam between the large steerable dish and the equipment for reception or transmission, like e.g. RF power amplifiers.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is a satellite communication station, part of the Deep Space Network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located at Tidbinbilla in the Australian Capital Territory. NASA Deep Space Network and Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex are deep space networks.

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Chinese Deep Space Network

The Chinese Deep Space Network (CDSN) is a network of large antennas and communication facilities that are used for radio astronomy, radar observations, and spacecraft missions of China. NASA Deep Space Network and Chinese Deep Space Network are deep space networks, radio astronomy and Telemetry.

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Civil Aviation Technology College

The Civil Aviation Technology College (CATC College)(Higher Education Center of Civil Aviation and Airports of the country) is the oldest training centre providing specialized manpower needed by Iran's civil aviation industry, It has been operating since 1938 (officially 1940) the order of King Reza Pahlavi.

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Community of Madrid

The Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain.

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Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) was founded in 1982 for governmental and quasi-governmental space agencies to discuss and develop standards for space data and information systems. NASA Deep Space Network and Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems are deep space networks.

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CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research.

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Curiosity (rover)

Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.

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Deep space bands

Deep space bands and near space bands are frequency bands that have been allocated to space research services by the International Telecommunication Union for use in deep space and near space research. NASA Deep Space Network and deep space bands are deep space networks, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, radio astronomy and Telemetry.

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Deep space exploration

Deep-space exploration is the branch of astronomy, astronautics, and space technology that is involved with exploring the distant regions of outer space.

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Directional antenna

A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater radio wave power in specific directions.

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Discovery and exploration of the Solar System

Discovery and exploration of the Solar System is observation, visitation, and increase in knowledge and understanding of Earth's "cosmic neighborhood".

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Earth's magnetic field

Earth's magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from Earth's interior out into space, where it interacts with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun.

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Eberhardt Rechtin

Eberhardt Rechtin (January 16, 1926 – April 14, 2006) was an American systems engineer and respected authority in aerospace systems and systems architecture.

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ESTRACK

The European Space Tracking (ESTRACK) network consists of a number of ground-based space-tracking stations belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA), and operated by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. NASA Deep Space Network and ESTRACK are deep space networks.

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European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY).

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Galileo (spacecraft)

Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California. NASA Deep Space Network and Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex are deep space networks.

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Gravity science (Juno)

The Gravity Science experiment and instrument set aboard the Juno Jupiter orbiter is designed to monitor Jupiter's gravity.

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Green Bank Telescope

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.

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Ground segment

A ground segment consists of all the ground-based elements of a space system used by operators and support personnel, as opposed to the space segment and user segment.

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Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation was an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produced wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, emergency service, and commercial sectors.

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Heliosphere

The heliosphere is the magnetosphere, astrosphere, and outermost atmospheric layer of the Sun.

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Indian Deep Space Network

Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) is a network of large antennas and communication facilities operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation to support the interplanetary spacecraft missions of India. NASA Deep Space Network and Indian Deep Space Network are deep space networks.

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International Cometary Explorer

The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) spacecraft, designed and launched as the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) satellite, was launched on 12 August 1978 into a heliocentric orbit.

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International Telecommunication Union

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.

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Interplanetary Internet

The interplanetary Internet is a conceived computer network in space, consisting of a set of network nodes that can communicate with each other.

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Interplanetary spaceflight

Interplanetary spaceflight or interplanetary travel is the crewed or uncrewed travel between stars and planets, usually within a single planetary system.

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James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Lagrange point

In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.

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List of astronomical observatories

This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location.

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List of radio telescopes

This is a list of radio telescopes – over one hundred – that are or have been used for radio astronomy.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.

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Lunar Exploration Ground Sites

The Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, or LEGS, are several NASA space communication complexes created to support lunar exploration. NASA Deep Space Network and lunar Exploration Ground Sites are NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities.

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex

The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC), in Spanish and officially Complejo de Comunicaciones de Espacio Profundo de Madrid, is a satellite ground station located in Robledo de Chavela, Spain, and operated by the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA). NASA Deep Space Network and Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex are deep space networks.

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Manned Space Flight Network

The Manned Space Flight Network (abbreviated MSFN, pronounced "misfin") was a set of tracking stations built to support the American Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab space programs. NASA Deep Space Network and Manned Space Flight Network are Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities.

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Mariner 4

Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode.

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Mars Science Laboratory

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.

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Mars Telecommunications Orbiter

The Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) was a cancelled Mars mission that was originally intended to launch in 2009 and would have established an Interplanetary Internet between Earth and Mars.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Institute for Aerospace Technology

The National Institute for Aerospace Technology "Esteban Terradas" (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial «Esteban Terradas» or INTA) is an autonomous agency of the Spanish public administration dependent on the Secretariat of State for Defence (SEDEF).

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Near Earth Network

The Near Earth Network (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for near-Earth orbiting customer platforms via various ground stations, operated by NASA and other space agencies. NASA Deep Space Network and near Earth Network are NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities.

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Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun.

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New Horizons

New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

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Parabolic reflector

A parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound, or radio waves.

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Parkes Observatory

Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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Peraton

Peraton Inc. is a privately held American national security and technology company formed in 2017.

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Perseverance (rover)

Perseverance, nicknamed Percy, is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. NASA Deep Space Network and Perseverance (rover) are Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Persian language

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.

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Project Space Track

Project Space Track was a research and development project of the US Air Force, to create a tracking system for all artificial satellites of the Earth and space probes, domestic and foreign.

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Radar astronomy

Radar astronomy is a technique of observing nearby astronomical objects by reflecting radio waves or microwaves off target objects and analyzing their reflections.

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Radio astronomy

Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies.

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Radio telescope

A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky.

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Ranger 6

Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface.

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Ranger 9

Ranger 9 was a Lunar probe, launched in 1965 by NASA.

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REX (New Horizons)

REX or Radio Science Experiment is an experiment on the New Horizons space probe to measure properties of the atmosphere of Pluto during the 2015 flyby.

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Satellite

A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.

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Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi Space (now Airbus Defence and Space) that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS launch vehicle on 2 December 1995, to study the Sun.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Solar wind

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona.

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Soviet Deep Space Network

The Soviet Deep Space Network (or Russian Deep Space Network) is a network of large antennas and communication facilities that support interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar System and the universe during Soviet times. NASA Deep Space Network and Soviet Deep Space Network are deep space networks and Telemetry.

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Space Communications and Navigation Program

The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program places the three prime NASA space communications networks, Space Network (SN), Near Earth Network (NEN) (previously known as the Ground Network or GN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN), under one Management and Systems Engineering umbrella. NASA Deep Space Network and space Communications and Navigation Program are deep space networks and NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities.

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Space Network

Space Network (SN) is a NASA program that combines space and ground elements to support spacecraft communications in Earth vicinity. NASA Deep Space Network and space Network are NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space.

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Spacecraft attitude control

Spacecraft attitude control is the process of controlling the orientation of a spacecraft (vehicle or satellite) with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity such as the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.

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Tehran

Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province.

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Telecommunications network

A telecommunications network is a group of nodes interconnected by telecommunications links that are used to exchange messages between the nodes.

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Telemetry

Telemetry is the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication) for monitoring.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve is a protected area, on the fringe of Namadgi National Park.

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Tracking and data relay satellite

A tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) is a type of communications satellite that forms part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) used by NASA and other United States government agencies for communications to and from independent "User Platforms" such as satellites, balloons, aircraft, the International Space Station, and remote bases like the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

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Ulysses (spacecraft)

Ulysses was a robotic space probe whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes.

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Uncrewed spacecraft

Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Universe

The universe is all of space and time and their contents.

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Usuda Deep Space Center

is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Very Large Array

The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States.

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Very-long-baseline interferometry

Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy. NASA Deep Space Network and Very-long-baseline interferometry are radio astronomy.

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Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.

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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program.

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Voyager program

The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

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See also

Deep space networks

NASA radio communications and spacecraft tracking facilities

Telemetry

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Deep_Space_Network

Also known as Deep Space Instrumentation Facility, Deep Space Network, Deep Space Satellite Tracking Network, Interplanetary Network Directorate.

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