Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

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Goldstone Deep Space Network

Organization	NASA, JPL, Caltech
Location	Mojave Desert (near Barstow), San Bernardino County, California, USA
Wavelength regime	radio
Completion date	(fill in)
Webpage	csoc-dsn-web.jpl.nasa.gov
Physical Characteristics
Telescope Style	reflector
Diameter	34 m
Collecting Area	~910 m2
Focal Length	(fill in)
Mounting	Alt/Az
Dome	none

The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) —commonly called the Goldstone Observatory— is located in California's Mojave Desert (USA). Operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, its main purpose is to track and communicate with space missions. The observatory is part of NASA's Deep Space Network.

Goldstone radio telescopes are also used in the search for ultra-high energy neutrino interactions in the Moon by using large-aperture radio antennas. [1] (http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~moonemp/public/)

Related topics

• List of radio telescopes

External links

• Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex Website (http://csoc-dsn-web.jpl.nasa.gov/)
• NASA's Deep Space Network (http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/index.html)
• JPL: Images of the Deep Space Network Goldstone, California (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/dsn/goldstone/)

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