A fabulous ‘fog bow’ this morning as Deep Space Station 43 peaks through the morning mist here in our tracking station valley. 🌈🌫️📡
#fog #DSS43 #weather #Canberra

13 April 1973 - #OTD in 1973, Deep Space Station 43 was officially opened. #DSS43 / Happy 50th anniversary! CanberraDSN 📡 #Canberra

Happy anniversary Deep Space Station 43, celebrating 51 years of your achievements.📡🥳🎂
Tracking the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 even before its official opening #OTD 13th April 1973, #DSS43 has supported 100s of robotic missions exploring the Solar System and beyond.

“That’s no moon, it’s a space station!” 🚀🌖

Deep Space Station 43 to be exact.📡 #DSS43

#StarWarsDay #May4thBeWithYou #MayTheForthBeWithYou #ThisIsTheWay

The arrows on the road say it all. ⬅️➡️ Two-way communications have been restored with #Voyager2
The good news was received through our 70-metre antenna dish, Deep Space Station 43 at 2:29pm AEST, 4th August. #DSS43
🌏📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]

Friday afternoon CanberraDSN 📡 with Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43 #SpaceTrackin '📡

DSS43 is always so photogenic

Deep Space Station 43 was transmitting to #Voyager2 this morning, as part of the process to re-establish contact with the spacecraft.
20 billion kms from Earth, the round-trip time for the radio signal will take nearly 37 hours to reach Voyager 2 and get home again. #DSS43 📡〰️🛰️

Bonus image of the sky above Deep Space Station 43 📡⛅️ #DSS43

Our big dish, Deep Space Station 43📡 turns 51 years old today.🥳🎂
#OTD in 1973, #DSS43 was 'officially' opened by then Prime Minister #GoughWhitlam . vimeo.com/96797656

Behind each tree is a new horizon to explore.
#DSS34 & #DSS43

Upgraded the antenna on wifeys car today #dss43

A beautiful fog bow this morning with our big dish, Deep Space Station 43.🌈📡🌫️ -3°C
#FogBow #DSS43 #weather

Spot the planet 👁️

Venus in view while Deep Space Station 43 is tracking rovers on Mars.📡〰️〰️〰️🔴 #DSS43

The Moon and planets align with Deep Space Station 43 in this lovely view from last night. #DSS43
📡🌘⚪️🟡⭐️🔴

The rainbow connection between deep space antennas.📡🌈📡

Deep Space Station 43 (left) and Deep Space Station 45 (right).

#DSS43 #DSS45 #rainbow #weather

Listening to #Voyager2 📡
A lovely photo of Deep Space Station 43, taken on August 4th as it re-established contact with NASA Voyager-2 after the spacecraft’s recent communications ‘pause’. #DSS43

☀️➡️151.75 million kms📡
📡➡️~20 billion kms <|)[]

Just to add to the sense of scale.📡
#DSS43 #43at50

Like a noisy angel in flight, a galah in mid-flight as it heads toward two companions sitting on the edge of the 70-metre antenna dish.📡🐦🌄
#DSS43 #Galah #SpaceMenagerie

While the 70-metre antenna, Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43 is offline for upgrades, we can use the combined capacity of two 34-metre dishes #DSS34 & #DSS35 to receive the signal/data from NASA Voyager-2 which is nearly 20 billion kilometres from Earth.📡📡 bit.ly/DSNnow