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> NASA uses dishes in the Deep-Space Network (DSN) to communicate with Voyager 1. These dishes, located around the globe in Goldstone, Canberra and Madrid, are

> NASA uses dishes in the Deep-Space Network (DSN) to communicate with Voyager 1. These dishes, located around the globe in Goldstone, Canberra and Madrid, are optimized for these higher frequencies Madrid Longitude: 4.3° W Goldstone Longitude: 116.9° W Canberra Longitude: 149.0° E 153.3° from Madrid to Canberra and only 94.1° from Canberra to Goldstone. Bit of a slight to Western Australia to skip over the ~120° option and put the third dish in Canberra.

bobmcnamara 2y ago
Some conspiracy theorists will tell you Goldstone is too close to Alice for that back then.
brcmthrowaway 2y ago
I think theres a CIA base in the desert right?
- RajT88 2y ago
  Nah. Swamp gas reflecting the light of Venus.
- caf 2y ago
  You may be thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap
parsimo2010 2y ago
Perhaps the Aussies didn't want NASA to mess with their dishes at Geraldton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Satellite_Communications_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Satellite_C...
jen729w 2y ago
The Canberra dish is super easy to visit. Source: I live here, and have. :-)
- lizzas 2y ago
  Doh! I lived there and been within 1km of it without knowing it!
- caf 2y ago
  It's only just re-opened to visitors after an extended closure that began in the COVID times!