The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is an international network of ground-based facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, as well as selected Earth-orbiting missions. It functions as a telecommunications system, commanding, tracking, and monitoring spacecraft, while also enabling scientific investigations through radio and radar astronomy. The DSN is operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and consists of three strategically located facilities around the world, including in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra). NASA partners with organizations like the European Space Agency, the Japanese Space Agency, and the Indian Space Agency, and is also expanding through commercial partnerships to alleviate reliance on the DSN. Key products/services include deep space communication, data relay, and radio science observations.
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Once Orion emerges from behind the Moon, the Deep Space Network will reacquire the spacecraft's signal and restore full communications with mission control.
The Deep Space Network consists of large radio antennas located in California, Spain, and Australia arranged so that at least one complex can see spacecraft in deep space at all times as Earth turns.
After Orion completes its translunar injection burn, Orion's primary communications path will shift to the Deep Space Network.
Artemis missions use both the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network under the oversight of NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program.
The Near Space Network and Deep Space Network route astronaut voice, images, video, and critical spacecraft telemetry across thousands and then hundreds of thousands of miles between the crew and ground controllers.
Flight controllers will operate the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network in a tightly coordinated fashion throughout Artemis II.
For nearly three decades, rover routes have been created by human drivers who study imagery and engineering data, sketch safe paths using waypoints usually no more than 100 meters apart, and uplink plans via NASA's Deep Space Network.
NASA’s Near Space Network and Deep Space Network, coordinated by the agency’s SCaN program, will provide primary communications and tracking services for Orion’s launch, journey around the Moon, and return to Earth.
The Deep Space Network is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
NASA’s Artemis communications plan uses the Near Space Network (NSN) to provide communications and navigation services in the mission’s early phase and transfers primary communications to the Deep Space Network (DSN) after Orion enters the translunar trajectory.
NASA’s Deep Space Network operates large antenna complexes in California (USA), Spain, and Australia to enable near-continuous communications with spacecraft flying near the Moon.
NASA will track the Orion spacecraft using the Near Space Network (NSN) managed by Goddard and the Deep Space Network (DSN) managed by JPL.
Artemis missions use both NASA's Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network under the oversight of the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program.
After Orion completes its translunar injection burn, its primary communications path will shift to the Deep Space Network.
The Deep Space Network consists of large radio antennas located in California, Spain, and Australia arranged so at least one complex can see spacecraft in deep space at all times as Earth turns.
The Deep Space Network is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
The Deep Space Network array will provide nearly continuous coverage for Orion as it travels to and around the Moon and on the return leg to Earth.
Flight controllers will operate the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network in a tightly coordinated fashion throughout Artemis II.
Once Orion emerges from behind the Moon, the Deep Space Network will reacquire the spacecraft's signal and restore full communications with mission control.
The Deep Space Network consists of three complexes that keep NASA in contact with over 40 space missions.