Interesting link I stumbled upon

[Allanv]

http://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html

I do wonder what data they are receiving but overall I thought it was interesting.

Edited by Allanv on Friday 1st January 15:15

[Mojocvh]

They take radar imaged of asteroids and near earth passers....

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1280

Edited by Mojocvh on Friday 1st January 15:45

[Eric Mc]

They do a lot more than that. Effectively, this is the Deep Space Network which tracks, controls and accepts data from the flotilla of unmanned space probes that are currently doing their business within and now even without our Solar System.

[ATG]

Goldstone listening to Voyager 1. How cool is that?

[Allanv]

Mojocvh said:

They take radar imaged of asteroids and near earth passers....

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1280

Edited by Mojocvh on Friday 1st January 15:45

Thank you.

[Eric Mc]

The antennae were deliberately spaced around the world so that any spacecraft departing from earth would always have receiving station underneath it. They were built to support early satellites and lunar probes and the Apollo programme but have proved invaluable in looking after all these probes as they wander about the Solar System.

[Allanv]

Eric Mc said:

The antennae were deliberately spaced around the world so that any spacecraft departing from earth would always have receiving station underneath it. They were built to support early satellites and lunar probes and the Apollo programme but have proved invaluable in looking after all these probes as they wander about the Solar System.

Thanks Eric,

Good to know, Have a fantastic new year.

[Eric Mc]

I'm looking forward to more space achievements in 2016. I have to say, 2015 was a pretty major year with so much happening in the world of spaceflight.

[jmorgan]

It is the data rates that I find interesting, seeing new horizons come in you can see why it will be a while for all the info

[944fan]

jmorgan said:

It is the data rates that I find interesting, seeing new horizons come in you can see why it will be a while for all the info

Its amazing they an receive data from something billions of KM away, yet I have to stand outside my house to make a mobile phone call.

[jmorgan]

944fan said:

jmorgan said:

It is the data rates that I find interesting, seeing new horizons come in you can see why it will be a while for all the info

Its amazing they an receive data from something billions of KM away, yet I have to stand outside my house to make a mobile phone call.

Yeah but you want a slim phone, looks smart, low power usage, fits in the pocket and all that. Look a bit odd with a 4' aerial with a ground plane sticking out the end.......