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Using less wattage than a small light bulb, spacecraft cruising beyond Pluto send signals back to Earth that are picked up by the massive Deep Space Network satellite dishes.
 
Communications

The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex.
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex.
Robotic spacecraft exploring our Solar System remain in contact with Earth through NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN). Managed by JPL, DSN is the largest telecommunications system in the world. It receives important science information from the instruments on board the spacecraft, as well as transmitting directives from mission controllers to the spacecraft. Multiple giant antennas strategically placed in three locations around the globe allow us to have two way communications at all times. To accommodate the growing number of spacecraft and longer missions, the DSN is constantly being upgraded and improved. JPL is currently building a new antenna that will aid in tracking the many space mission planned for future years.

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Technology:

Deep Space Network Deep Space Network
   NASA's Deep Space Network, managed by JPL, supports spacecraft missions, radio and radar astronomy observations, and some Earth-orbiting missions. 		InterPlanetary Network Directorate InterPlanetary Network Directorate
   This JPL directorate is responsible for providing telecommunications and ground systems services to missions, plus managing JPL's information systems.
Information Processing Group Information Processing Group
   This group develops the error-correcting codes and data compression techniques needed by deep-space missions to communicate a large volume of science data to Earth using limited power.
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