A 34-metre diameter antenna dish, Deep Space Station 34 points skyward, toward a blazing Sun in a clear blue sky. The antenna is receiving signals from the Parker Solar Probe after its successful closest approach encounter flyby of the Sun on the 24th December 2024.
Deep Space Station 34 received a clear beacon tone from the #ParkerSolarProbe after its close encounter with the Sun on 24th December.📡🛰️☀️
Congratulations to the mission science team & engineers @jhuapl and @NASA on this historic achievement. #DSS34
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