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New All-in-One Antenna for the Deep Space Network
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Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, is a powerful 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) antenna that was added to the Deep Space Network's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain in early 2021 after beginning construction in 2017. Deep Space Network (DSN) radio antennas communicate with spacecraft throughout the solar system. Previous antennas have been limited in the frequency bands they can receive and transmit, often being restricted to communicating only with specific spacecraft.
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Credit lineNew All-in-One Antenna for the Deep Space Network. NASA/JPL, 2021-01-22. Public domain. ID: PIA24163.
