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Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Paddys River

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#3 of 7 in Childrens Museums in Australian Capital Territory

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Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is home to Deep Space Station 43, a 70 m (230 feet ) diameter dish that communicated with Voyager 1 and other Mars probes. See displays of spacecraft and space tracking technology, as well as a moon rock collected by Apollo XI in 1969. Learn all about how satellite dishes operate at this center just 20 km (12.7 mi) from Canberra. To visit Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex on your holiday in Paddys River, and find out what else Paddys River has to offer, use our Paddys River trip planner.

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Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Reviews

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• By Coffeeandcakeplz

  An interesting place to visit. Beautiful scenery, amazing dishes. The exhibition is very educational and we were lucky enough to sit at the back of a school tour and listen to the presenters. I would ...  more »

• By drewh126

  A Really interesting museum and a very important link to the Apollo moon landings. The journey from Canberra is quite beautiful.  more »

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• By Kazi Roni

  Drive from Canberra was very nice and scenic.Museum is small but lots of information to seek. Nice place for space lovers.

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• By bradc

  For anyone with any interest in space this is a 'must visit' place and worth the short drive out from Canberra. Very informative displays and the 4k screening of short space films were brilliant!

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