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Echo Station (DSS-12) is currently the administrative center for the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC). Built in 1959 with a 26-m aperture, DSS-12 is named for early experiments performed with the passive balloon satellite, Echo 1. The antenna is polar mounted, was upgraded to a 34-m aperture in 1979, and was capable of simultaneously operating at both S- and X-band frequencies. For 37 years, DSS-12 supported many spacecraft including the early Ranger and Surveyor missions to the Moon, deep space missions such as Pioneer and Voyager, and high Earth orbiting spacecraft. Antenna coordinates are approximate; they were interpolated from coordinates for DSS-13 and DSS-14 in Table 5 of module 301 (revision L) of the DSN Telecommunications Link Design Handbook (DSN document 810-005) using the map at https://www.gdscc.nasa.gov/?page_id=37
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