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Part of NASA's Deep Space Network , providing two-way contact with dozens of robotic spacecraft exploring the Solar System and beyond. All skeets are our own and not those of NASA, JPL or CSIRO.

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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A bit of sunshine between the rain while #DSS43 is communicating with @NASAVoyager 2. 🌏📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]
A bright day with the antenna facing away and a beautiful blue sky with clouds.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We’ve broken ground for a new antenna. New antenna = new hashtag! #DSS33 📡 Find out more go.nasa.gov/3Yr5Y19 L to R: Elanor Huntington (CSIRO), Dave Gallagher (JPL), Erika Olson (US Charge d’Affaire), Kevin Coggins (NASA SCaN), Kevin Ferguson (CSIRO/CDSCC), Greg Heckler (NASA SCaN), Suzy Dodd (JPL)
The view is from the ground of 7 people in business clothes holding shovels that are dug into the ground. The photo is black and white and shows part of an antenna in the background.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately our visitor centre will be closed on Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th, and Monday 10th of March. We apologise for the inconvenience. We will reopen again on the weekend of the 15th and 16th March for our regular hours (10 am – 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday).
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Hi Bluesky! Deep Space Station 43, the largest steerable,parabolic antenna dish in the southern hemisphere. #nasa #space #science #jpl #photography #exploration #dss43 #communication #communication #canberra #antenna #sun
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thanks to the 1000s of people who came along to visit us over the holidays. From February 1st, our Visitor Centre will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays only, 10am to 4pm. Our opening hours will change during the year to meet demand. More: go.nasa.gov/3WzrNvc
People exploring a space museum exhibition.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Congratulations to our honoured alumni - Mike Dinn and John Saxon each receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia for their respective services to engineering, science, deep space tracking and exploration. 🇦🇺🎖️ They worked side-by-side at the Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla tracking stations.
Mike Dinn (front) and John Saxon sitting at the control console at the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station during the Apollo lunar program in the late 1960s.Mike Dinn poses in front of a black and white portrait photo of himself.John Saxon poses in front of a black and white portrait photo of himself.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
🎶’If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it’🎵 A Sun-ring is caused by sunlight refracting through ice crystals in high, thin cirrus clouds. A beautiful phenomenon above our 70-metre antenna dish, Deep Space Station 43.📡
High cirrus clouds produce a Sun ring appearing above a deep space antenna dish.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Destination Moon 🌖
Daytime image of the Moon above the metal structure of a deep space communications antenna dish.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Deep Space Station 35 getting some warmth in the afternoon Sun after a rainy few days.📡🌧️#DSS35
Sun shining through clouds in a blue sky above a mountainous region with a deep space antenna in the foreground.Sun shining through clouds in a blue sky above a mountainous region with a deep space antenna in the foreground.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
“Having fun, Voyager 1?”📡 Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43 is communicating with humanity’s most distant spacecraft, @NASAVoyager 1 24.9 billion kilometres from Earth, in interstellar space. 🌏📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]
Giant deep space antenna dish set against green hills and blue cloudy sky.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Success confirmed after ‘Beacon Tone #1’ was received by antenna Deep Space Station 34 from the #ParkerSolarProbe. @NASAScienceAA @NASASun @JHUAPL Proud to be a part of the team!📡 . . #nasa #space #science #jpl #photography #exploration #communication #canberra #antenna
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Deep Space Station 34 received a clear beacon tone from the #ParkerSolarProbe after its close encounter with the Sun on 24th December.📡🛰️☀️ Congratulations to the mission science team & engineers @jhuapl and @NASA on this historic achievement. #DSS34 blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarpro…
A 34-metre diameter antenna dish, Deep Space Station 34 points skyward, toward a blazing Sun in a clear blue sky. The antenna is receiving signals from the Parker Solar Probe after its successful closest approach encounter flyby of the Sun on the 24th December 2024.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Who is the fastest on Christmas Eve? #ParkerSolarProbe vs #SantaClaus 🛰️ = 692,000 kilometres/hour 🎅 = 3,765,852 kph ✅🥇
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
The #ParkerSolarProbe is just hours away from its close encounter with the Sun.📡〰️〰️〰️🛰️🔜☀️ Just 6.1 million kilometres from the Sun’s surface, travelling at 692,000 kilometres per hour, it’s going to be an amazing ride as it races around our star. See you on the other side!
The Sun shines against a blue and cloudy sky, above a giant antenna dish - Deep Space Station 43, in Canberra, Australia. A part of NASA’s deep Space Network.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Here comes the Sun - On the 24th December 2024, at 11:53 GMT (10:53pm AEDT) (6:53am ET), NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will fly 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, travelling at 692,000km/hr. Follow its journey at: science.nasa.gov/mission/parker-solar-probe
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Tracking Lucy in the Sky through Canberra.📡🛰️ On its recent Earth Gravity Assist flyby, antenna Deep Space Station 36 in Canberra, Australia provided communications for the spacecraft.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
An honour to host a visit by the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel and First Lady, Eva Pavlová, accompanied by Ambassadors 🇨🇿Jana Tyrer and 🇦🇺Benjamin Hayes. The Czech Republic is a member of the Artemis Accords on the civil and peaceful exploration of space.
President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel and CanberraDSN Director, Kevin Ferguson, in front of a Deep Space Network sign.Standing in front of a 34-metre antenna dish - Deep Space Station 36 - are (left to right), Australian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Benjamin Hayes, First Lady of the Czech Republic, Eva Pavlová, President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Director, Kevin Ferguson, and the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Australia, Jana Tyrer.President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel shakes hands with Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Director, Kevin Ferguson. Several deep space antenna dishes are in the background.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
GOOD NEWS! Our visitor centre will be reopening to the public from 3rd December. We will be open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. Entry is free. No need to book. Please note that the Cafe & giftshop will not be open. More details here: go.nasa.gov/3WzrNvc
People in a colourful space exhibition with planets and spacecraft.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
One of our antenna dishes is hosting two juvenile #NankeenKestrels, with parents bringing lots of tasty treats. 🥰 #SpaceMenagerie
A juvenile Nankeen Kestrels looking directly at the camera. Fluffy white chest feathers, brown speckled wings and head, with sharp raptor beak and talons. The bird is sitting on a metal railing with cracking yellow paint.A juvenile Nankeen Kestrels looking into the distance. Fluffy white chest feathers, brown speckled wings and head, with sharp raptor beak and talons. The bird is sitting on a metal railing with cracking yellow paint.A juvenile Nankeen Kestrels looking to the side. Fluffy white chest feathers, brown speckled wings and head, with sharp raptor beak and talons. The bird is sitting on a metal railing with cracking yellow paint.Its wings spread wide and it launches itself into flight, an adult Nankeen Kestrels carries a lizard in its beak. White chest feathers, brown speckled wings and head, with sharp raptor beak and talons. In the background there is a metal structure.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Targeting a launch at 3:12am AEDT, @NASA’s @EuropaClipper mission will start its 2.9 billion kilometre voyage to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Antennas Deep Space Stations 34 & 36 are set to make first contact with the spacecraft after separation from @SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.
An evening sky with hues of purple and blue, appears above three deep space antenna dishes. Each antenna is bathed in lights from white to yellow and orange colours. From left to right - Deep Space Stations 36, 34 and 35.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
When the NASA Voyager spacecraft call home from interstellar space, we’re ready to take the call. 📡 Our 70-metre antenna, Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43 in touch this afternoon with Voyager-1 at 24.7 billion kilometres, and #DSS34 & #DSS35 supporting Voyager-2 at 20.6 billion kms from Earth.
Panoramic view of deep space antenna dishes pointing skyward. Hills and setting sun in a cloudy blue sky.
Deep Space Station 43 on left in contact with NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, and on the far right, antenna dishes Deep Space Stations 34 and 35 linked as an array to receive data from Voyager 2.Panoramic view of deep space antenna dishes pointing skyward. Hills and setting sun in a cloudy blue sky.
Deep Space Station 43 on left in contact with NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, and on the far right, antenna dishes Deep Space Stations 34 and 35 linked as an array to receive data from Voyager 2.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
After nearly 10 months, Deep Space Station 34 is in the final stages of works to prepare the antenna for the upcoming #Artemis missions and returning astronauts to the Moon. Back online on Oct.17, #DSS34 is the last of our three 34-metre dishes requiring these upgrades. 📡🚀🌖
A truck mounted elevated work platform is extended towards the centre section of a 34-metre diameter antenna dish which has been tilted over low to the ground. Deep Space Station 34 at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Australia. Part of NASA's Deep Space Network.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
It may not be the deflector dish on the Starship Enterprise, but antenna dish Deep Space Station 46 helped humans go where no one has gone before. #DSS46 📡 Happy #StarTrekDay 🖖
Deep Space Station 46, received and broadcast Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon in July 1969.The deflector dish on the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Spring has sprung. 🌺📡
Deep pink flowers blooming with a giant antenna dish on the background against a blue sky.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Honoured to have NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation, Kevin Coggins visit us @CanberraDSN to speak with staff and local students about the important role of the Deep Space Network which marks 60 years of operations. 📡
Honoured to have NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation, Kevin Coggins visit us @CanberraDSN to speak with staff and local students about the important role of the Deep Space Network which marks 60 years of operations. 📡NASA SCaN’s Kevin Coggins speaking at the event marking the 60th anniversary of the Deep Space Network.@CanberraDSN Director, Kevin Ferguson presents a commemorative plaque to NASA SCaN’s Kevin Coggins. The 70-metre antenna, Deep Space Station 43 is in the background as it communicates with the Voyager 2 spacecraft.Standing in front of the 34-metre antenna, Deep Space Station 36 are (left to right), Kevin Knights (CDSCC), Greg Mann (NASA), Kevin Coggins (NASA), Kevin Ferguson (CDSCC), Marcus Watkins (NASA) and Philip Baldwin (NASA).
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Deep Space Network, our guests from the Spanish and US Embassies, NASA and Australia planted three native plants as a symbol of each DSN station, as we grow together into the future.📡🇦🇺🇺🇸🇪🇸🌿
Left to right: Ms Montserrat Momán Pampillo – Chargé d’Affaires, Spanish Embassy in Canberra; Mr Kevin Coggins – Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN); Ms Vanna Lavery – acting Economics Counsellor; and Mr Kevin Ferguson – Director, CSIRO Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex plant three native plants during the 60th anniversary celebrations for the Deep Space Network.left to right: 
• Ms Montserrat Momán Pampillo – Chargé d’Affaires, Spanish Embassy in Canberra
• Ms Vanna Lavery – acting Economics Counsellor
• Mr Kevin Coggins – Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN)
• Mr Kevin Ferguson – Director, CSIRO Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
• Mr Philip Baldwin – Deputy Program Manager, SCaN
• Mr Marcus Watkins – Director for Overseas Operations, SCaN
• Mr Greg Mann – NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
• Mr Chris Hewitt, Australian Space Agency
US Embassy
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
On a foggy morning @CanberraDSN, Deep Space Station 43, standing about 73-metres above the valley floor, catches the first rays of sunlight. A fog bow formed as well, adding to the winter scene. -2°C to start the day. #DSS43 📡😶‍🌫️🌈
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 19/07/2024
Some very nice by lenticular clouds around this afternoon.📡 As stable moist air flows over the mountain ranges, cooler temperatures cause it to condense into large scale standing waves forming the layered clouds.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 26/06/2024
Hoping for a #selfie but we were just off camera when #GOESU deployed from the #FalconHeavy second stage rocket. Comparison image from the #Himarwari8 satellite and the NASA broadcast. Great job by our team today, providing comms for this phase of the mission. #DSS36 🌏📡〰️〰️🛰️
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 26/06/2024
Planets and Asteroids and Moons...oh my! We are pleased to share this awesome space event coming up at the Shine Dome on Friday 12th July. Hear from NASA HQ's Eric Ianson, Director of the Mars Exploration Program. Details: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve... Book: aas.eventsair.com/planets-aste...
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Planets and Asteroids and Moons...OH MY!
The Australian Academy of Science, in collaboration with NASA and the Australian Space Agency, presents a public lecture by Eric Ianson.  As Deputy Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division and
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
Day or night, it’s a beautiful sight. Deep Space Station 43 📡 #DSS43
A giant white antenna dish is lit from below. Buildings in the background reflect orange lights. The background is a scene at night with distant hills and a cloudy sky. In the left foreground are the bare branches of a tree.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
You’ve heard of a ‘blue moon’.🌖 How about the Moon pretending to be the nucleus of a pink comet?☄️ 😊💕
The Moon surrounded by a long wispy cloud that looks pinkish with the setting sun.A closer view of the Moon surrounded by a long wispy cloud that looks pinkish with the setting sun.A wide view of the Moon surrounded by a long wispy cloud that looks pinkish with the setting sun.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
‘Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are?’🌟 Yes, we’re Sirius! 📡⭐️ #DSS43 #pun #stars #poetry
Giant deep space antenna dish against a darkening night sky with a few bright stars in view.Closer photo of a giant deep space antenna dish against a darkening night sky with a few bright stars in view.Very close view of a part of a giant deep space antenna dish against a darkening night sky with a bright star in view.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 13/06/2024
The universe is for everyone! 📡🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 #Pride2024
Different images of the 70-metre wide deep space antenna dish at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex under different light conditions and skies covering the colours of the rainbow.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 12/06/2024
🎶But one of these things is not like the others. Like a rainbow with all of the colours.🎶 #DSS43 📡 #TaylorSwift 🌈
A rainbow arches above a 70-metre deep space antenna dish. Background hills are framed by wispy clouds against a blue sky.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 11/06/2024
An excellent and inspiring presentation @Science_Academy #ShineDome. Hear from Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, Dr Laurie Leshin, the Voyager mission’s Suzanne Dodd, and the Deep Space Network's Amy Smith as they inspire the next generation of explorers. youtu.be/LXcseFByjb8?...
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Dare mighty things: Exploring space with the women of JPL
The Australian Academy of Science in collaboration with the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex presents a powerful evening with three leaders of space...
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 11/06/2024
Honoured to host three inspiring leaders of space exploration from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin, Voyager Interstellar Program Manager, Suzanne Dodd, and Deep Space Network Deputy Manager, Amy Smith. May we continue to Dare Mighty Things Together!
Arms as wide as a 70-metre (230 foot) deep space antenna dish! JPL's Dr Laurie Leshin standing in front of Deep Space Station 43 at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.On the road to space! JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin beneath a street sign with space related names such as Planetary Road, Cassini Drive and Voyager Road, with the 70-metre antenna dish, Deep Space Station 43 in the background.Climbing to new heights! JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin stands on a platform halfway up a 70-metre antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (part of NASA's Deep Space Network). Several 34-metre antennas can be seen in the distance.Dare Mighty Things Together! (left to right) Voyager Interstellar Mission Manager, Suzanne Dodd, Deep Space Network Deputy Manager, Amy Smith, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Director, Kevin Ferguson, and JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin standing in from of a Deep Space Network sign.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
🎶 ‘The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky…’🎶 📡 Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
What better way to end the week, than with a chat with NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft deep in interstellar space. 📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]
A large deep space communication antenna dish, backlit by the setting sun.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
TICKETS ARE NEARLY SOLD OUT! Don't miss this free event in Canberra @Science_Academy Shine Dome on Thursday 30th May. Hear from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, Dr Laurie Leshin along with other mission program leaders on space exploration. www.trybooking.com/CRTUL
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Dare Mighty Things: Exploring Space with the Women of JPL
Join us for a powerful evening with three leaders of space exploration from NASA&#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. From launching the very first U.S....
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
To end the day, a lovely sunset on a wonderful, cold autumn day in #Canberra. #DSS43 #weather #photography
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
Later in the day, a beautiful #SunDog and #SolarHalo. The arc off the nearly complete 22° halo is known as a #ParhelicCircle. The rainbow colour of the 22° parhelia or sundog was much brighter to the eye than in this photo. #DSS43 #weather
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
What a great day for interesting #phenomena at our deep space tracking station. First off, the Sun warming the back of our big dish, Deep Space Station 43, and evaporating the morning frost, creating a column of mist. 📡☀️🌫️ #DSS43 #weather #photography
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
A huge event in Canberra on Thurs 30th May.🌌 JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin will be speaking on how NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ‘Dares Mighty Things Together’. Joined by Suzanne Dodd (Voyager) and Amy Smith (DSN) we invite you to attend this FREE event. Tickets: www.trybooking.com/CRTUL
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Dare Mighty Things: Exploring Space with the Women of JPL
Join us for a powerful evening with three leaders of space exploration from NASA&#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. From launching the very first U.S....
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 03/05/2024
“That’s no moon, it’s a deep space tracking station!” 📡🌒 Happy #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou #DeathStar vs #DSS43 #ScarifVibes #pewpewpew youtu.be/Yi5koGCp7vg?...
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That's No Moon, It's a Deep Space Station!
Celebrating STAR WARS DAY - May The 4th Be With You! Always.An unprovoked attack by the Empire on the peaceful people at the Canberra Deep Space Communicatio...
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
🎶Good mornin', starshine The Earth says, "Hello" You twinkle above us We twinkle below🎶 The view as we were driving into work today. Sun shining on our Tidbinbilla valley location. #photography #sunshine #scenery
Beams of sunshine through clouds cast light and shadow across farmland and hills. Several antenna dishes are seen on the far left.A closeup of that scene with some of our antenna dishes visible, partially hidden by the low hills and farmland.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
View from the International Space Station. Hazard reduction back burning on the nearby Brindabella Ranges. A bit smoky in our valley today but no threat to the operations of the deep space tracking station. 🔥📡
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
With all the focus on #Voyager1 lately, we haven’t forgotten #Voyager2. It’s getting its daily dose of attention from Deep Space Station 43 tonight. #DSS43 #interstellar 📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
An awesome and rare image of six antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex receiving signals from Voyager 1. This was a pre-planned array for the antennas, but happened to coincide with the recovery efforts for #Voyager1. Our 70-metre dish had sent commands 45-hours earlier.
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CanberraDSN 📡 @canberradsn.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
Sunset on another day in deep space (tracking and communications). 📡🌅
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