The Voyager 2 spacecraft is 20 billion kilometres away and has lost track of Earth. A radio dish near Canberra is the only channel for re-establishing communication.
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Australia played a vital role in beaming the Apollo 11 Moon landing to the world. But since then we’ve passed up the opportunity to cement our place in exploring outer space.
The last signals from Cassini space probe before it burns up in Saturn’s atmosphere will tracked by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
Measuring time is a crucial part of navigation – particularly in space, where exacting precision is called for. The DSAC is poised to make a change that will aid future deep space missions.
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Outreach Manager, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, CSIRO
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Principal Investigator on the Deep Space Atomic Clock Technology Demonstration Mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Facilities Program Director Nasa Operations Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex , CSIRO
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