NASA Adds 34‑Meter DSS‑23 Antenna to Goldstone Deep Space Network

NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has commissioned a new 34‑meter multifrequency beam‑waveguide antenna, DSS‑23, at its Goldstone complex in California. The antenna was completed in August 2026 and was formally opened with a ribbon‑cutting ceremony on August 25. DSS‑23 is part of the Aperture Enhancement Project, which began in 2009 and has added six new 34‑meter dishes to the DSN. The new antenna increases the network’s overall capacity and improves its ability to track, command, and receive data from spacecraft operating across multiple radio frequencies. The upgrade is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory under the Space Communications and Navigation Program.