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Website: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/services/networks/deep_space_network

 

Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Control_Network

 

Website: https://celestrak.org/satcat/launchsites.php

 

Description

Shows the stations of NASA's Deep Space Network: the largest and most sensitive scientific telecommunications system in the world. The Deep Space Network - or DSN - is NASA's international array of giant radio antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, plus a few that orbit Earth. The DSN also provides radar and radio astronomy observations that improve our understanding of the solar system and the larger universe. The DSN consists of three facilities spaced equidistant from each other - approximately 120 degrees apart in longitude - around the world. These sites are at Goldstone, near Barstow, California; near Madrid, Spain; and near Canberra, Australia. The strategic placement of these sites permits constant communication with spacecraft as our planet rotates - before a distant spacecraft sinks below the horizon at one DSN site, another site can pick up the signal and carry on communicating. Other stations from the United States Air Force Satellite Control Network are also shown, and a range of Satellite and Spacecraft Launch Sites.

 

This Map Layer is a Vector Layer composed of Points and Labels, so the Style for each of these can be changed as desired by opening the 'Layers Menu', clicking the wanted layer on the left, then clicking the relevant panel controls on the right.

 

As a guide to what the map-labels refer to, here is a helpful table:

 

NETWORKSITE_NAMESITE_NOTESLOCATIONCNTRY_NAME
NASA Deep Space NetworkGoldstoneGoldstone Deep Space Communications ComplexBarstow, CAUSA
NASA Deep Space NetworkMadridNASA Madrid Deep Space Communications ComplexColmenar del Arroyo, MadridSpain
NASA Deep Space NetworkCanberraCanberra Deep Space Communication ComplexPaddys River ACTAustralia
NASA Deep Space NetworkPasadenaDeep Space Operations Center - Jet Propulsion LabPasadena, CAUSA
RTSW NetworkNICTNational Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyoJapan
RTSW NetworkKSWCKorean Space Weather Center (KSWC)JejuSouth Korea
RTSW NetworkDLRGerman Aerospace CenterNeustrelitzGermany
RTSW NetworkDL0SHFSatellite Station DL0SHFKiel-RoenneGermany
RTSW NetworkWCDASNOAA Wallops Command and Data Acquisition StationWallops Island, VAUSA
RTSW NetworkSWPCNOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (BOU)Boulder, COUSA
USAF Satellite Control NetworkSchrieverSchriever Space Force BaseColorado Springs, COUSA
USAF Satellite Control NetworkEOSOFEllison Onizuka Satellite Operations FacilityVandenberg Space Force Base, CAUSA
USAF Satellite Control NetworkREEFDiego Garcia Station (DGS)Diego GarciaBritish Indian Ocean Territory
USAF Satellite Control NetworkGUAMGuam Tracking Station (GTS)DededoGuam
USAF Satellite Control NetworkHULAHawaii Tracking Station (HTS)Kaena Point, Oahu, HIUSA
USAF Satellite Control NetworkBOSSNew Hampshire Station (NHS)New Boston SFS, NHUSA
USAF Satellite Control NetworkLIONTelemetry & Command Station (TCS)RAF OakhangerEngland
USAF Satellite Control NetworkPOGOThule Tracking Station (TTS)Thule Air BaseGreenland
NASA Near Space NetworkSentosaKSAT Sentosa Satellite Earth StationWoolwich Rd, SingaporeSingapore
NASA Near Space NetworkSvalsat??Svalsat Satellite Station, Kongsberg Satellite ServicesPlataberget, Longyearbyen, SvalbardNorway
NASA Near Space NetworkTrollSatKSAT TrollSat, Antarctica, Kongsberg Satellite ServicesTroll, Queen Maud LandAntarctica
NASA Near Space NetworkSANSASANSA Space OperationsHartebeeshoek, KrugersdorpSouth Africa
NASA Near Space NetworkESTRACKSSC Kiruna, SwedenJukkasjärvi, KirunaSweden
NASA Near Space NetworkSSC SantiagoSSC Santiago Satellite StationColinaChile
NASA Near Space NetworkSSC North PoleSSC Space US North Pole StationNorth Pole, AKUSA
NASA Near Space NetworkSSC DongaraSSC Space US Western Australia Satellite StationDongara, WAAustralia
NASA Near Space NetworkSSC South PointSSC Space US South PointSouth Point, HIUSA
NASA Near Space NetworkNASA ASFNASA Alaska Satellite FacilityFairbanks, AKUSA
NASA Near Space NetworkKennedyNASA Kennedy Uplink StationCape Canaveral, FLUSA
NASA Near Space NetworkPonce de LeonNASA Ponce de Leon StationNew Smyrna Beach, FLUSA
NASA Near Space NetworkWhite SandsNASA White Sands Ground StationLas Cruces, NMUSA
NASA Near Space NetworkMcMurdoNASA McMurdo Ground StationArrival Heights, McMurdo StationAntarctica
NASA Near Space NetworkFCDASFairbanks Command and Data Acquisition StationGilmore Creek, AKUSA
Satellite Launch SiteAFETRAir Force Eastern Test RangeFloridaUSA
Satellite Launch SiteAFWTRAir Force Western Test RangeCaliforniaUSA
Satellite Launch SiteCASCanaries AirspaceGran CanariaCanary Islands
Satellite Launch SiteDLSDombarovskiy Launch SiteYasnensky District, Orenburg OblastRussia
Satellite Launch SiteFRGUIEurope's SpaceportKourouFrench Guiana
Satellite Launch SiteHGSTRHammaguira Space Track RangeBecharAlgeria
Satellite Launch SiteJSCJiuquan Space CenterAlxa League, Inner MongoliaChina
Satellite Launch SiteKODAKKodiak Launch ComplexAlaskaUSA
Satellite Launch SiteKSCUTUchinoura Space CenterKimotsuki, KagoshimaJapan
Satellite Launch SiteKWAJUS Army (USAKA)Kwajalein AtollMarshall Islands
Satellite Launch SiteKYMSCKapustin Yar Missile and Space ComplexAkhtubinsky District, Astrakhan OblastRussia
Satellite Launch SiteNSCNaro Space ComplexYenae-ri, Jeollanam-doSouth Korea
Satellite Launch SitePLMSCPlesetsk Missile and Space ComplexPlesetsky District, Arkhangelsk OblastRussia
Satellite Launch SiteRLLBRocket Lab Launch BaseMahia PeninsulaNew Zealand
Satellite Launch SiteSEMLSSemnan Satellite Launch SiteSemnan, Semnan ProvinceIran
Satellite Launch SiteSMTSShahrud Missile Test SiteKhar Turan National Park, Semnan ProvinceIran
Satellite Launch SiteSNMLPSan Marco Launch PlatformNgomeniKenya
Satellite Launch SiteSRILRSatish Dhawan Space CentreSriharikota, Andhra PradeshIndia
Satellite Launch SiteSVOBOSvobodnyy Launch ComplexSvobodnensky District, Amur OblastRussia
Satellite Launch SiteTAISCTaiyuan Space CenterXinzhou, ShanxiChina
Satellite Launch SiteTANSCTanegashima Space CenterJapanMinamitane, Kagoshima
Satellite Launch SiteTYMSCTyuratam Missile and Space CenterKarmakshy DistrictKazakhstan
Satellite Launch SiteWLPISWallops IslandVirginiaUSA
Satellite Launch SiteWOMRAWoomeraWirraminna, SAAustralia
Satellite Launch SiteWSCWenchang Satellite Launch SiteWenchang, HainanChina
Satellite Launch SiteXICLFXichang Launch FacilityMianning County, SichuanChina
Satellite Launch SiteYAVNEPalmachim SpaceportYavne, Central DistrictIsrael
Satellite Launch SiteYUNYunsong Launch SiteCholsan, North PyonganNorth Korea