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Pioneer
10
Pioneer 4 launched
March 3, 1959 was
the first US
spacecraft to escape
earths gravity
intended to hit Moon,
but missed.
Communication
maintained to
650,000 kilometers
(nearly 400,000
miles)
Pioneer
4
Pioneer 5
Mars
Rovers
Mariner 2
Apoll
Apoll
oo
Voyage
r
Juno
New
Horizons
Ulysses
High Gain
Antenna
Low-Gain
Antenna
Transmitter/Re
ceiver Feed
Unit
Primary
Parabolic
Reflector
Transmitter/Receive
r Feed Cone and
Pre-Amplifier Unit
Beam Reflectors
Antennas updated design with beam waveguide reflectors allows transmitter/receiver
equipment to be housed indoors.
An array of several 34-meter antennas can serve as the equivalent of the 70-meter
antenna when the larger antenna is scheduled for maintenance, or 34-meter antennas
can be linked incrementally to meet mission demands.
Cassini
Cassi
ni
Parkes,
Australia
Support agreements
are in place between
networks, especially
between NASA and
ESA.
NASA Near Earth
Network provides
communications
coverage during initial
phases of launch and
orbital check-out.
Deep Space Networks
are also established
for Russia, India and