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PIA23618: Goldstone's DSS-23 Antenna Groundbreaking
On Feb. 11, 2020, NASA, JPL, military and local officials broke ground in Goldstone, California, for a new antenna in the agency's Deep Space Network, which communicates with all its deep space missions.
 Mission:  Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN) 
 Spacecraft:  Goldstone Antenna
 Product Size:  5700 x 3231 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  NASA 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA23618.tif (38.45 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23618.jpg (1.746 MB)  

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On Feb. 11, 2020, NASA, JPL, military and local officials broke ground in Goldstone, California, for a new antenna in the agency's Deep Space Network, which communicates with all its deep space missions.

When completed in 2 ½ years, the new 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) antenna dish will include mirrors and a special receiver for optical, or laser, communications from deep space missions.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2020-02-11