A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish into position on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Deep Space Network’s (DSN) Goldstone Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California. Once online in 2026, DSS-23 will be the fifth of six new beam waveguide antennas to be added to the network; DSS-23 will boost the DSN’s capacity and enhance NASA’s deep space communications capabilities for decades to come.
The DSN allows missions to track, send commands to, and receive scientific data from faraway spacecraft. More than 100 NASA and non-NASA missions rely on the DSN and Near Space Network, including supporting astronauts aboard the International Space Station and future Artemis missions, supporting lunar exploration, and uncovering the solar system and beyond.
Watch a time-lapse video of construction activities on Dec. 18.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
在2024年12月18日，在加利福尼亚州巴斯托附近的深空网络（DSN）戈德斯通太空通信综合体，一台起重机将112英尺（34米）宽的钢框架吊装到深空站23号（DSS-23）反射天线的指定位置。DSS-23计划于2026年正式投入使用，它将成为网络中新增的六个波导天线中的第五个。DSS-23的加入将在未来几十年内提升深空网络的通信容量，并增强NASA的深空通信能力。
深空网络（DSN）使航天任务能够跟踪航天器、发送指令并接收科学数据。目前，超过100项NASA及非NASA任务依赖于DSN和近地空间网络（Near Space Network），包括支持国际空间站上的宇航员、未来的阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis）登月任务、月球探索，以及对太阳系及更远深空的科学研究。
图片来源: NASA/JPL-Caltech
