Deep Space Network Upgrading For Planetary Jam

Posted by tourdemars to Interplanetary Internet at May 10, 2001 12:00 PM

Preparing for the communication needs of an expected population boom in interplanetary spacecraft, NASA has selected a builder to add an advanced dish antenna, 34 meters in diameter (112 feet), near Madrid, Spain, one of the three sites of the agency's Deep Space Network. The Deep Space Network is a global system for communicating with interplanetary spacecraft.