urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:usuda.dss48_64m 1.2 1.22.0.0 Product_Context 2026-07-07 1.2 Removed duplicate Internal_Reference entries from Reference_List. 2025-01-07 1.1 Updated schema version. Adding missing "telescope" references. 2024-05-19 1.0 Original context file for the 64-m radio telescope at the Deep Space Center near Saku, Nagano, Japan. When used as part of the NASA Deep SPACE Network, NASA assigns Usuda the DSS-48 identifier. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.dsn telescope_to_facility https://global.jaxa.jp/about/centers/udsc/index.html An overview of the Usuda Deep Space Center, which is operated by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. The overview is contemporary -- that is, ca. 2024. 64 138.362222 36.133056 1456 WGS84 The Usuda 64-m Radio Telescope, originally used as a Deep Space Network (DSN) antenna by JAXA in Japan, is a powerful radio dish used for spacecraft communication and deep space research, including radar and radio science.