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#6558
A 2000-es kapcsolatfelvétel ezzel az antennával történt (a legnagyobb, 70 méteres DSS-14-el).
Valószínűleg nem túl egyszerű a feladat, és a Deep Space Network általában sok minden mással van elfoglalva.
"There was one more Pioneer 10 contact on 5 December 2002. The Deep Space Station (DSS) near Madrid (DSS-63) found the signal but could not lock onto the receiver, and so no telemetry was received. The signal level was just under the threshold value. The uplink from DSS-14 at Goldstone, sent 4 December 2002, at a power level of 325 kw, confirmed that the spacecraft signal is still there (Round Trip Light Time = 22 hr 24 min)."