GOLDSTONE TOUR
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<img src="images/apollo01.jpg" alt="Still Image from Apollo QTVR Spin" width="555" height="289" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0"><BR><I>An interactive tour of the Apollo Valley can be viewed using <A HREF="http://www.apple.com/quicktime" TARGET="_blank">QuickTime</A>.</I>

Apollo Valley
Apollo Valley, originally used in the Apollo missions to the Moon, is now home to the largest cluster of antennas at Goldstone. A 26-meter-diameter (85-foot) and three 34-meter (111-foot) antennas are in round-the-clock communication with spacecraft throughout the solar system, as well as ones relatively close to home as they orbit Earth.

The 34-meter antennas stand approximately 11 stories high and are the newest and most advanced at the facility. They are equipped with the sophisticated technology of a beam waveguide, which brings signals collected by the antenna to an underground room housing receivers and amplifiers.

Apollo Valley also has two decommissioned dishes: an 11-meter (36-foot) and a 9-meter-diameter (29-foot) antenna.