NASA has brought a powerful new addition to its Deep Space Network online, activating a 34-meter radio antenna designed to help the agency communicate with spacecraft operating across the solar system and beyond.
The new antenna, known as Deep Space Station 23, or DSS-23, became operational on August 3, 2026, at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert. The activation marks another major step in NASA's long-running effort to expand the capacity of the Deep Space Network as the number and complexity of space missions continue to grow.
