Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex

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Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex

Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex (MDSCC)
Alternative names	MDSCC
Organization	INTA / NASA / JPL
Location	Robledo de Chavela (near Madrid), Spain
Coordinates	40°25′45″N 4°14′57″W / 40.42917°N 4.24917°W / 40.42917; -4.24917
Altitude	720 m
Established	1961
Website	mdscc.nasa.gov
Telescopes	DSS 53 DSS 54 DSS 55 DSS 56 DSS 63 DSS 65
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The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC; in Spanish and officially Complejo de Comunicaciones de Espacio Profundo de Madrid) is a satellite ground station located in Robledo de Chavela, Spain, and operated by the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA).^[1] Part of the Deep Space Network (DSN) of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), along with its two sister stations at Goldstone, California and Canberra, Australia it is used for tracking and communicating with NASA's spacecraft, particularly interplanetary missions. The DSN and the Near Space Network (NSN) are services of the NASA Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN).^[2]