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Profile Close-up Goldstone DSS-14 Antenna

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Please view "Goldstone DSN Tracking Station -- Mojave Desert set (#4 of 16 images)

 

The high power transmitter extending from the dish sends commands to the unmanned spacecraft, turning on computers, activating instrumentation and making course corrections. The information derived from the signals sent from the spacecraft enable scientists and engineers to determine precise location and velocity of the spacecraft.

 

 

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