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Antenna

34-metre Beam-Waveguide Antenna

The modern workhorse antennas of the Deep Space Network. A beam-waveguide design routes the signal through mirrors to equipment in a shielded room below, allowing several to be arrayed and supporting X- and Ka-band.

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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  • NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics

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