50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2
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APRIL 18, 2024
DSS-42 was retired in 2000. It took roughly 20 minutes for radio signals to traverse the 320-million km distance between Mars and Earth, and then DSS-43 delivered the good news: The rover had landed safely and was operational. The antenna had a 26-meter-diameter dish.
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