Deep Space Network
E25702
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deep Space Network canonical | 13 |
| NASA Deep Space Network | 9 |
| Deep Space Network 70-meter subnet | 1 |
| Near Earth Network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T197953 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deep Space Network Context triple: [Voyager 1, communicationNetwork, Deep Space Network]
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A.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
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B.
Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array is a large, multi-dish radio telescope facility in California designed primarily for simultaneous radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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C.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
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D.
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
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E.
Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Space Flight Center is a major NASA field center in Huntsville, Alabama, responsible for developing space launch systems, propulsion technologies, and other key spaceflight hardware.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deep Space Network Target entity description: 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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A.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
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B.
Allen Telescope Array
The Allen Telescope Array is a large, multi-dish radio telescope facility in California designed primarily for simultaneous radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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C.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
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D.
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
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E.
Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Space Flight Center is a major NASA field center in Huntsville, Alabama, responsible for developing space launch systems, propulsion technologies, and other key spaceflight hardware.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ground station network
ⓘ
space communication network ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DSN ⓘ |
| angularSeparationBetweenComplexes | approximately 120 degrees in longitude ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | communication with spacecraft beyond geostationary orbit ⓘ |
| frequencyBandsUsed |
Ka-band
ⓘ
S-band ⓘ X-band ⓘ |
| globalCoverage | near-continuous coverage of deep space missions ⓘ |
| hasAntennaType |
34-meter beam waveguide antenna
ⓘ
34-meter high-efficiency antenna ⓘ 70-meter dish antenna ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex
ⓘ
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Pasadena
ⓘ
surface form:
Pasadena, California
|
| historicalPrecursor | JPL deep space tracking stations of late 1950s ⓘ |
| location |
Goldstone, California
ⓘ
Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, Spain ⓘ Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ⓘ
surface form:
Tidbinbilla, near Canberra, Australia
|
| notableMissionSupported |
Cassini–Huygens
ⓘ
James Webb Space Telescope ⓘ Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
surface form:
Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover)
New Horizons ⓘ Parker Solar Probe ⓘ Voyager 1 ⓘ Voyager 2 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| owner | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ |
| purpose |
deep space communications
ⓘ
navigation support for interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ radio science ⓘ reception of scientific data from spacecraft ⓘ spacecraft tracking ⓘ |
| startTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| supportsAgency |
European Space Agency
ⓘ
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form:
JAXA
NASA ⓘ other international space agencies ⓘ |
| supportsMissionType |
heliophysics missions
ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ lunar missions ⓘ some Earth-orbiting missions ⓘ space-based observatories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
command uplink
ⓘ
radar observations of planets and asteroids ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ ranging ⓘ telemetry ⓘ tracking ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ |
| website | https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Deep Space Network Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
Near Earth Network
subject surface form:
SOHO
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
subject surface form:
Juno
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
Deep Space Network 70-meter subnet
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
subject surface form:
Rosetta
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
this entity surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network