Tag: Goldstone
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Deep Space Network upgrades and new antennas increase vital communication capabilities
NASA’s Deep Space Network, commonly referred to as the DSN, has welcomed a new dish, Deep Space Station 56, to its family of powerful ground listening stations around the world. The now-operational 34-meter antenna joins the network’s Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex located 60 kilometers west of Madrid, Spain while other dishes within the network…
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Asteroid and its moon revealed in radar imagery
Radar imagery of a mountain-size asteroid that approached Earth this week revealed the tiny world has its own moon. Scientists know many asteroids have their own natural satellites, and one of the reasons observers were anxious to glimpse asteroid 2004 BL86 as it passed near Earth was to see if the rock has a companion.…