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PIA26456: A New Antenna at DSN's Goldstone Awaits Construction

In the early morning of Dec. 18, 2024, a crane looms over the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for Deep Space Station 23 reflector dish, which will soon be lowered into position on the antenna's base structure.

Mission:	Deep Space Network (DSN)
Product Size:	2048 x 1536 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA26456.tif (5.199 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA26456.jpg (178.3 kB)

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In the early morning of Dec. 18, 2024, a crane looms over the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish, which will soon be lowered into position on the antenna's base structure.

Located at the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, DSS-23 is a multi-frequency beam waveguide antenna that will boost the DSN's capacity and enhance NASA's deep space communications capabilities for decades to come.

In the background are, from left to right, the beam waveguide antennas DSS-25 and DSS-26, and the decommissioned 85-foot (26-meter) Apollo antenna.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2024-12-20