Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
LocationUSA (CA)
Year1958
Size70 m dish
OperatorNASA/JPL
About Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The California arm of the NASA Deep Space Network in the Mojave Desert. Its 70 m antenna has tracked missions from the Pioneers to Voyager. Goldstone radar has bounced off Venus, mapped Mercury, and imaged near-Earth asteroids. Solar-system science runs alongside daily spacecraft command.
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