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The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) is a ground station located in Robledo de Chavela
Robledo de Chavela

Robledo de Chavela is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It has a population of 3319.The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex is located in this town....
, Spain, and operated by Ingenieria y Servicios Aeroespaciales, S.A. (INSA) for Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

The Instituto Nacional de T?cnica Aeroespacial is Spain's space agency. It was founded in 1942 and has its headquarters in Torrej?n de Ardoz, near Madrid....
.

Deep Space Network
It is part of the NASA
NASA

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's Deep Space Network
Deep Space Network

The Deep Space Network, or DSN, is an international Wiktionary:network of communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio astronomy and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe....
 run by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Madrid Deep Space Network Complex
The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) is a ground station located in Robledo de Chavela
Robledo de Chavela

Robledo de Chavela is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It has a population of 3319.The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex is located in this town....
, Spain, and operated by Ingenieria y Servicios Aeroespaciales, S.A. (INSA) for Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

The Instituto Nacional de T?cnica Aeroespacial is Spain's space agency. It was founded in 1942 and has its headquarters in Torrej?n de Ardoz, near Madrid....
.

Deep Space Network


It is part of the NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
's Deep Space Network
Deep Space Network

The Deep Space Network, or DSN, is an international Wiktionary:network of communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio astronomy and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe....
 run by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a List of federally funded research and development centers and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States....
. The facility contributes to the Deep Space Network's ability to provide the vital two-way communications link that guides and controls remote control drones and receives the images and new scientific information they collect. This complex is one of three Deep Space Network complexes in the world; the others are the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex —commonly called the Goldstone Observatory— is located in California's Mojave Desert ....
 located in California
California

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, near the city of Barstow
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, and the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is a ground station that is located in Australia at Tidbinbilla in the Paddys River valley, about half an hour's drive out of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory....
 in Australia
Australia

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 which is close to the city of Canberra
Australia

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Functions


The antennas and data delivery systems make it possible to:

  • Acquire telemetry data from spacecraft.
  • Transmit commands to spacecraft.
  • Track spacecraft position and velocity.
  • Perform Radio Astronomy (both single-dish and very-long-baseline interferometry) observations.
  • Measure variations in radio waves for radio science experiments.
  • Monitor and control the performance of the Deep Space Network
    Deep Space Network

    The Deep Space Network, or DSN, is an international Wiktionary:network of communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio astronomy and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe....
    .


Antennas


The complex has five antennas, called DSS-54, DSS-55, DSS-63, DSS-65 and DSS-66 .

  • DSS-54 and DSS-55 are 34-meter beam waveguide (BWG) antennas.


  • DSS-63 was built in 1974 as a 64-meter antenna, and upgraded to 70 metres in the late 1980s. It can transmit in S and X-band with a power up to 400 kilowatts and receive in L, S, and X bands. DSS-63 weighs a total of 8000 ton
    Ton

    Units of massThere are several similar units of mass or volume called the ton:Others*The long ton is used for petroleum products such as aviation fuel....
    s, whereby the dish has a weight of 3500 tons. Its reflecting surface is 4180 m2.


  • DSS-65 was built in 1987 and has a diameter of 34 meters. It is a HEF (high-efficiency) antenna. It can transmit in X-band with a maximum power of 20 kW and receive in S- and X-band. The weight of DSS-65 is 400 tons, whereby the dish weighs 350 tons.


  • DSS-66 is a 26-meter antenna used in support of near-Earth missions and the early orbit phase of deep-space missions.


See also

  • Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
    Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

    The Instituto Nacional de T?cnica Aeroespacial is Spain's space agency. It was founded in 1942 and has its headquarters in Torrej?n de Ardoz, near Madrid....
     (INTA)


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