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The arrival of the Deep Space Network

Robledo de Chavela, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

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The arrival of the Deep Space Network

Historical milestone · Robledo de Chavela, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

Image of Robledo de Chavela, not of the place itself.

Spain and the United States signed in January 1964 the agreement to build here a spacecraft tracking station. Its first antenna, of twenty-six metres, entered service in July 1965, in time to receive the Mars images from Mariner 4.

1964-1965

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fjuarez assumed (based on copyright claims). (Public domain)

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