Alternative names | NASA Deep Space Network | ||||||
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Organization | Interplanetary Network Directorate (NASA / JPL) | ||||||
Location | Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, Pacific States Region | ||||||
Coordinates | 34°12′6.1″N 118°10′18″W / 34.201694°N 118.17167°W | ||||||
Established | October 1, 1958 66 years ago | ||||||
Website | deepspace | ||||||
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The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide network of spacecraft communication ground segment facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA's interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar System and the universe, and supports selected Earth-orbiting missions. DSN is part of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).