Voyager I about to reach another milestone

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Voyager I about to reach another milestone

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RE: Voyager I about to reach another milestone

December 7, 2011 at 10:44 am

The Deep Space Network 70 meter antennas at Goldstone, Madrid and Canberra don’t hurt.

Goldstone

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Madrid

Canberra

I got to visit the DSN sites at Madrid and Canberra about 10 years ago. The antennas are quite large. It was very impressive.

Quote:Each complex consists of at least four deep space terminals equipped with ultra-sensitive receiving systems and large parabolic-dish antennas. There are:
One 34-metre (112 ft) diameter High Efficiency antenna.
One or more 34-metre (112 ft) Beam waveguide antennas (three at the Goldstone Complex, two at theRobledo de Chavela complex (near Madrid), and one at the Canberra Complex).
One 26-metre (85 ft) antenna.
One 70-metre (230 ft) antenna.

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