SpaceRef - Astronautics - Communication

Active CCSDS Spacecraft ID Assignments for Frames/VCDUs - Constantly updated to reflect those spacecraft currently in operation throughout the solar system.

Bringing Images From Space to Earth - This is an educational website sponsored by NASA's Deep Space Network designed to explain the process whereby spacecraft obtain, process and transmit images and data back to Earth and how that information is used once it is received. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) - The CDSCC opened in 1965 and is responsible for the tracking of spacecraft on interplanetary missions. CDSCC is a NASA facility operated under a USA-Australian Government agreement which involves JPL, CSIRO Australia, and British Aerospace Australia. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]

Deep Space Network (DSN) - DSN is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe. The network also supports selected Earth-orbiting missions. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]

Deep Space Systems Technology Program (DSST) - The DSST program (sometimes known as the X2000 Program) was created by NASA and JPL in order to provide the technological breakthroughs that will enable NASA's faster-better-cheaper deep space science missions of the future. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]

JPL Telecommunications and Mission Operations Directorate - This directorate provides telecommunications for a broad spectrum of space exploration missions and conduct ground-based radio astronomy, solar system radar, and radio science observations. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]

Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems - part 1 - Earth Stations and Spacecraft - This document, which is a set of technical Recommendations prepared by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), is intended for use by participating space agencies in their development of radio frequency and modulation systems for earth stations and spacecraft.

The Goldstone Solar System Radar - The Radar is part of the Deep Space Network (DSN) and is located at Goldstone in the Mojave Desert. The Radar is used for investigations in planetary astronomy including studies of Mercury, Mars, Venus and a variety of asteroids. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]