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A Deep Space Network is a communication network that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions; several instances exist, such as:

  • NASA Deep Space Network, a worldwide network of large antennas and communication facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions
  • Chinese Deep Space Network, a network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports the lunar and interplanetary spacecraft missions of China
  • European Deep Space Network
  • Japanese Deep Space Network
  • Indian Deep Space Network, an Indian network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports the interplanetary spacecraft missions of India
  • Russian Deep Space Network, a Russian managed network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe