Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in 2010
Alternative names	CDSCC
Organization	CSIRO / NASA / JPL
Location	Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Coordinates	35°24′05″S 148°58′54″E / 35.40139°S 148.98167°E / -35.40139; 148.98167
Altitude	550 m
Established	19 March 1965
Website	www.cdscc.nasa.gov
Telescopes	DSS 34 DSS 35 DSS 36 DSS 43 Parkes Radio Telescope
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The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is a satellite communication station, part of the Deep Space Network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located at Tidbinbilla in the Australian Capital Territory. Opened in 1965, the complex was used for tracking the Apollo Lunar Module, and along with its two sister stations at Goldstone, California and Madrid, Spain is now used for tracking and communicating with NASA's spacecraft, particularly interplanetary missions. Its DSS-43 antenna is the only antenna on Earth that can send commands to Voyager 2. It is managed in Australia by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.^[1]