Deep Space Network upgrades and new antennas increase vital communication capabilities – NASASpaceFlight.com – NASASpaceflight.com

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 networks Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex located 60 kilometers west of Madrid, Spain while other dishes within the network undergo critical upgrades.
The new dish is part of an ongoing series of enhancements to the DSN, which traces its roots back to January 1958 when…

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