> ScienceNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that Deep Space Station 23, the newest addition to the agency's Deep Space Network, officially began operations on Wednesday at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert. DSS-23: Construction & ActivationConstruction on DSS-23 broke ground back in February 2020, with representatives from NASA headquarters, JPL, and Peraton, the antenna's builder, gathered at the Goldstone site. DSS-23 is a multifrequency beam waveguide antenna measuring 34 meters, or 112 feet, wide, and its addition brings the total number of antennas in NASA's global Deep Space Network to 15. The Goldstone complex, located near Barstow, now houses four such antennas of its own, namely DSS-14, DSS-24, and DSS-16. See Also: Artemis II: How Is NASA Communicating With The Orion Crew Millions Of Miles Away In Deep Space?