Three-year space odyssey opens new frontiers

By Fleta Page
Updated May 8 2013 - 8:08am, first published 6:43am
Civil technician David True in front of DSS-35 a new 34 m beam waveguide antenna being constructed at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Tidbinbilla. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
Civil technician David True in front of DSS-35 a new 34 m beam waveguide antenna being constructed at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Tidbinbilla. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
Civil technician David True in front of DSS-35 a new 34 m beam waveguide antenna being constructed at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Tidbinbilla. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
Civil technician David True in front of DSS-35 a new 34 m beam waveguide antenna being constructed at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Tidbinbilla. Photo: Jeffrey Chan

Canberra will be soon be able to communicate further into the universe with Tidbinbilla's newest communication antenna, known as Deep Space Station 35, due to be lifted into place on Friday morning.

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