Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex
E138719
The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility near Madrid, Spain, equipped with large radio antennas that track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex canonical | 4 |
| NASA Deep Space Network station | 1 |
| Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197526 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex Context triple: [Deep Space Network, hasPart, Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex]
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A.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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Deep Space Network
The Deep Space Network is NASA’s global system of large radio antennas used to track, communicate with, and receive data from distant spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond.
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C.
Arecibo Observatory
Arecibo Observatory was a world-famous radio telescope facility in Puerto Rico known for its pioneering work in radio astronomy, atmospheric science, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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D.
Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center
The Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center is NASA’s primary facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center for monitoring, commanding, and managing the operations of numerous Earth-orbiting and deep-space spacecraft.
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E.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex Target entity description: The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility near Madrid, Spain, equipped with large radio antennas that track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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A.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility in California that houses large radio antennas used to track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
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B.
Deep Space Network
The Deep Space Network is NASA’s global system of large radio antennas used to track, communicate with, and receive data from distant spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond.
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C.
Arecibo Observatory
Arecibo Observatory was a world-famous radio telescope facility in Puerto Rico known for its pioneering work in radio astronomy, atmospheric science, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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D.
Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center
The Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center is NASA’s primary facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center for monitoring, commanding, and managing the operations of numerous Earth-orbiting and deep-space spacecraft.
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E.
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre is a major European spaceport located in French Guiana, used for launching a wide range of commercial and scientific missions including flagship observatories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA ground station
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deep space communications complex ⓘ radio telescope facility ⓘ space communications facility ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Spanish space activities
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United States civil space program ⓘ
surface form:
United States space program
|
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| frequencyBand |
Ka-band
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S-band ⓘ X-band ⓘ |
| hasAntenna |
DSS-54
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DSS-55 ⓘ DSS-61 ⓘ DSS-63 ⓘ DSS-65 ⓘ |
| hasAntennaType |
34-meter beam waveguide antenna
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70-meter antenna ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
high-gain communications
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ranging measurements ⓘ spacecraft navigation support ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateRole | one of three primary DSN complexes ⓘ |
| hasSisterComplex |
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex
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surface form:
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ |
| languageOfInternationalCoordination | English ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalOperations | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Madrid ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| operatedFor | Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ |
| operator |
Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology
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surface form:
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
NASA ⓘ |
| ownedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Deep Space Network
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surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
|
| partOfNetwork |
Deep Space Network
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surface form:
Deep Space Network 70-meter subnet
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| primaryFunction |
command transmission
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deep space spacecraft tracking ⓘ radio science experiments ⓘ telemetry reception ⓘ |
| supportsMission |
Mars orbiters
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Mars rovers ⓘ New Horizons ⓘ
surface form:
New Horizons spacecraft
Voyager spacecraft ⓘ lunar orbiters ⓘ outer planet missions ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
deep space astronomy missions
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heliophysics missions ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ lunar missions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex Description of subject: The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex is a major NASA facility near Madrid, Spain, equipped with large radio antennas that track and communicate with interplanetary spacecraft as part of the Deep Space Network.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.