urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.dsn 1.4 1.22.0.0 Product_Context The Deep Space Network DSN Deep Space Network 2026-07-07 1.4 Removed duplicate Internal_Reference entries from Reference_List. 2025-01-07 1.3 Updated schema version. Adding missing "investigation" references. Adding missing "instrument" references. Adding missing "telescope" references. 2021-06-10 1.2 Added DSS-47 (Narrabri, Australia), the Australia Telescope Compact Array, which was used by Cassini radio science in 2008. Corrected Internal_Reference.reference_type values to context_to_associate. 2020-07-30 1.1 Revised and generalized facility/observatory context product for the NASA Deep Space Network. 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It contains design data for flight projects using the NASA DSN. The document is modular, and modules are updated as appropriate. This reference is to a PDS4 collection; products within the collection are versions of the Handbook, released at various times. Modules include: 001 Handbook Introduction 101 70-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces 102 26-m Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces (omitted in 2009 and later versions) 103 34-m HEF Subnet Telecommunications Interfaces 104 34-m BWG Antennas Telecommunications Interfaces 105 Atmospheric and Environmental Effects 106 Solar Corona and Solar Wind Effects 107 Radio Source Catalog 201 Frequency and Channel Assignments 202 34-m and 70-m Doppler 203 Sequential Ranging 205 Command Service 206 Telemetry General Information 207 34-m and 70-m Telemetry Reception 208 Telemetry Data Decoding 209 Open-Loop Radio Science 210 Delta Differential One-way Ranging 211 Wideband Very Long Baseline Interferometry 214 Pseudonoise and Regenerative Ranging 301 Coverage and Geometry (includes antenna coordinates) 302 Antenna Positioning 303 Media Calibration 304 Frequency and Timing 305 Test Support 901 Handbook Glossary urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:dsn.820-100 context_to_associate An overview of the capabilities available from the Deep Space Network to support flight projects and experiment investigations. The capabilities described are focused on deep space missions, near-Earth missions above Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO), and ground-based observational science. Included are tables summarizing uplink commanding, downlink telemetry, radio frequency, and ground communication capabilities as well as pricing information for mission support. The document is aimed at mission designers working at the proposal stage; it is updated as appropriate. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.canberra context_to_associate This context product provides more information on the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex as an observatory in its own right. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.goldstone context_to_associate This context product provides more information on the Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex as an observatory in its own right. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.madrid context_to_associate This context product provides more information on the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex as an observatory in its own right. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.paul_wild context_to_associate This context product describes the Paul Wild Observatory, which hosts the Australia Telescope Compact Array. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:paul_wild.dss47_2008 context_to_associate This context product describes the Australia Telescope Compact Array, which was used to collect Cassini radio science data in 2008. Basics of Space Flight. Section 3: Operations, Chapter 18: Deep Space Network. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/basics/chapter18-1 A set of very readable web pages connected by hyperlinks that describes the mission of the NASA Deep Space Network and the roles of its many components. NASA Deep Space Network Observatory The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) comprises three Deep Space Communications Complexes (DSCCs) spaced by approximately 120 degrees in longitude and within about 40 degrees latitude of Earth's equator. As the Earth rotates, this configuration provides nearly continuous coverage of spacecraft in the ecliptic -- that is, spacecraft flying to or orbiting most solar system objects. The three DSCCs are as the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) near Barstow, California, which is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) in Tidbinbilla, Canberra, Australia, which is managed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); and the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex (MDSCC) in Robledo de Chevala, Spain, which is managed by Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial. Each DSCC includes several Deep Space Stations (DSSs, or antennas), a Signal Processing Center (SPC), and administrative and support facilities. Each DSCC handles several types of data including: frequency and timing, tracking, telemetry, command, monitor, radio science, and very long baseline interferometry. These data types support uplink (to spacecraft) or downlink (from spacecraft) operations or passive reception. Data received from spacecraft are relayed via the local SPC to the Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) at JPL in Pasadena, where they are distributed to the offices responsible for each spacecraft. Commands, generated in those offices, are sent via the NOCC, SPC, and DSS to the spacecraft. The antennas are divided according to aperture size into subnets. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/communicating-with-missions/dsn/