Canberra celebrates 60-year NASA collaboration
When it goes online in 2029, the new Canberra dish will be the last of six parabolic dishes constructed under NASA''s Deep Space
We manage and operate one of NASA's three tracking stations that provide continuous, two-way radio contact with spacecraft exploring our Solar System and beyond. Located at Tidbinbilla, just outside Australia's capital city, the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is one of three Deep Space Network stations around the world.
There are currently four antennas operating at the Canberra station: one 70-metre and three 34-metre radio dishes that receive data from, and transmit commands to, spacecraft on deep space missions. At 70-metres in diameter and the height of a 22-storey building, Deep Space Station 43 is the largest antenna in the southern hemisphere.
When it goes online in 2029, the new Canberra dish will be the last of six parabolic dishes constructed under NASA's Deep Space Network Aperture Enhancement Program, which is helping to support current and future spacecraft and the increased volume of data they provide.
The Canberra station was officially opened on 19 March 1965; it was then known as the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Instrumentation Facility. Tidbinbilla was chosen as the location for the Australian facility because it is close to the capital Canberra, and hills shield the site from radio-frequency interference.
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