Post #4119753
2026-07-26 05:35 UTC
The NASA DSN site in Madrid, Spain remains offline as wildfires have threatened the site and its equipment over the past few days.
Personnel have been evacuated. It appears that there has been "no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings."
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@AkaSci@fosstodon.org 2026-07-26 05:38
Firemap of Europe and the area around NASA DSN Madrid. The ESA ground station near Cerberos, Spain, 77 km west of Madrid, also appears to have remain unharmed. https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;l:fires_all,countries,earth;@-1.0,42.2,5.4z 2/n