December 25, 2013.
Deep Space network — a telephone between Earth and space, celebrates 50 years.
You can see all kinds of amazing photos from space on the Internet, but how do you get them? We are not talking about how they end up in the network, but we ask you a question, do you know how they get from space to Earth? Over the past 50 years (50th fly was December 24), NASA’s Deep Space Network has been the recipient of information and communication between Earth and robotic explorers on Mars, around Saturn, en route to Pluto and far into the Galaxy..
The Deep Space Network is not so much a station as it is a network — it is massive antenna installations located on three continents, including Canberra (Australia), Madrid (Spain), Goldstone (California, USA). More than 30 different spacecraft in many countries rely on the Deep Space Network to make calls home. The network is also a powerful radar for detecting near-earth asteroids. Deep Space Network can also help with the study of pulsars and quasars.
At some point in the near future, the Deep Space Network will receive minor upgrades to be able to handle optical communications and radio frequencies, which will expand its bandwidth. We are talking about the fact that we will be able to receive streaming video from Mars in real time, as far as the speed of light will allow. Great isn’t it?
In general, the Proektstroy portal congratulates Deep Space Network on its anniversary and wishes you long and successful years of work..