urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.dsn 1.1 1.13.0.0 Product_Context 2020-07-30 1.1 Revised and generalized facility/observatory context product for the NASA Deep Space Network. Includes internal references to separate facility/observatory context products for the Canberra, Goldstone, and Madrid Deep Space Communications Complexes. 2017-06-01 1.0 Initial version created for use with InSight mission urn:nasa:pds:radiosci.documentation:dsn.810-005 context_to_associate DSN document 810-005 is the Telecommunication Link Design Handbook for the NASA Deep Space Network. 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:telescope:goldstone.dss11_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-11 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss12_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-12 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss12_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-12 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss13_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-13 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss13_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-13 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss14_64m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 64-m DSS-14 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss14_70m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 70-m DSS-14 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss15_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-15 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss16_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-16 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss23_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-23 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss24_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-24 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss25_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-25 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss26_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-26 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss27_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-27 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:goldstone.dss28_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-28 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss33_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-33 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss34_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-34 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss35_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-35 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss36_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-36 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss42_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-42 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss42_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-42 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss43_64m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 64-m DSS-43 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss43_70m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 70-m DSS-43 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss45_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-45 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:canberra.dss46_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-46 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss53_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-53 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss54_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-54 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss55_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-55 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss56_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-56 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss61_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-61 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss61_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 34-m DSS-61 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss63_64m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 64-m DSS-63 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss63_70m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 70-m DSS-63 antenna. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss65_34m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the DSS-65 antenna before it was relocated in 2005. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss65_34m-post2005 facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the DSS-65 antenna after it was relocated in 2005. urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:madrid.dss66_26m facility_to_telescope This context product provides more information on the 26-m DSS-66 antenna. 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. Deep Space Network Observatory NOTE: Investigations like radio science that treat the DSN as one entity use this. Else, investigations that distinguish Canberra, Goldstone, and Madrid should use urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.canberra urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.goldstone urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.madrid 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 Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) is near Barstow, California (USA); it is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA. The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (CDSCC) is in Tidbinbilla, ACT (Australia), near Canberra; it is managed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex (MDSCC) is in Robledo de Chevala, near Madrid, Spain; it is operated by Instituto Nacional de Técnica 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. DSS 14 became operational in 1964 so that it could support the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars; it and the other two 64-m antennas were upgraded to 70-m in the 1980s to support the Voyager 2 flyby of Neptune. Its other capabilities have evolved over time. The smaller antennas have become operational at various times, and their capabilities have also evolved; some antennas are no longer in service. Readers interested in specifics should consult documentation appropriate to the time of interest (for example, the 810-005 Design Handbook). The following list provides only a snapshot of capabilities over time: 70-m subnet (upgraded from 64-m to 70-m in 1982-1988): DSS 14 (GDSCC) S/X-band transmit/receive RCP/LCP; L-band receive LCP only (1964-present) DSS 43 (CDSCC) S/X-band transmit/receive RCP/LCP; L-band receive LCP only (1972-present) DSS 63 (MDSCC) S/X-band transmit/receive RCP/LCP (1974-present) 34-m standard (STD) subnet (upgraded from original 26-m apertures): DSS 12 (GDSCC) built in 1959, converted to educational use in 1996, decommissioned in 2008 DSS 42 (CDSCC) first antenna at CDSCC; extended from 26-m to 34-m in 1980s (1964-2000) DSS 61 (MDSCC) decommissioned 1999, transferred to the PARTNeR Project (educational) in 2001 34-m High-Efficiency (HEF) subnet, brought on-line as 34-m STD antennas: DSS 15 (GDSCC) S/X-band transmit/receive RCP or LCP (decommissioned in May 2018) DSS 45 (CDSCC) S/X-band transmit/receive RCP or LCP (1986 to October 2016) DSS 65 (MDSCC) S/X-band transmit/receive RCP or LCP (1987; expected decommission in 2021) 34-m Beam Waveguide (BWG) subnet (these antennas support X-band transmit/receive and some combination of S- and/or Ka-band operation; HSB is a high-speed BWG for rapidly moving targets): DSS 23 (GDSCC) (X/Ka) (planned for operational use starting October 2024) DSS 24 (GDSCC) (S/X) (approximately 1994 to present) DSS 25 (GDSCC) (X/Ka-band) (approximately 1996 to present) DSS 26 (GDSCC) (S/X/Ka) (approximately 1998 to present) DSS 27 (GDSCC) (HSB, S-band) (approximately 1994 until decommissioned in the mid 2010s) DSS 28 (GDSCC) (HSB, S/X) (from approximately 1994; converted to educational use in 2008) DSS 33 (CDSCC) (X/Ka) (planned to be operational in October 2026) DSS 34 (CDSCC) (S/X/Ka) (1997-present) DSS 35 (CDSCC) (X/Ka) (2014-present) DSS 36 (CDSCC) (S/X/Ka) (2016-present) DSS 53 (MDSCC) (X/Ka) (under construction with completion expected in June 2021) DSS 54 (MDSCC) (S/X/Ka) (operational since at least 2000 to present) DSS 55 (MDSCC) (X/Ka) (operational after 2000 to present) DSS 56 (MDSCC) (S/X/Ka) (under construction with completion expected in October 2020) 26-m subnet (for tracking near-Earth spacecraft prior to 2000 through present): DSS 16 (GDSCC) S-band up/down; some X-band capabilities DSS 46 (CDSCC) S-band up/down (1966-2009) DSS 66 (MDSCC) S-band up/down (1983-September 2008) Other antennas: DSS 11 (GDSCC, 26-m) The first antenna in what would become the DSN (1958-1981) DSS 13 (GDSCC, 34-m) Research and development (1962-present, BWG replaced original 26-m in 1991) DSS 14 is part of the Goldstone Solar System Radar, a fully steerable radar capable of operating in both monostatic and bistatic modes (with cooperating second antennas) for the study of solar system objects. Each complex includes instrumentation which collects meteorological, tropospheric, and ionospheric data used to calibrate radiometric measurements at the DSCC.