Perth Station

Perth Station

:"For the railway station in Perth, Western Australia, see Perth railway station, or for the railway station in Perth, Scotland, see Perth railway station, Scotland."

Perth Station is an ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft. The station is located at the Perth International Telecommunications Centre in the suburb of Cullacabardee.

The site hosts a 15-metre diameter antenna that transmits in S-band and receives in both S- and X-bands. There were plans to upgrade to X-band transmission in 2004. There is also a GPS Tracking and Data Facility.

The facility is used to routinely communicate with the XMM-Newton spacecraft. It is also used during the Launch and Early Orbit Phase of various satellite launches.

The site has its own no-break power plant.

External links

* [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM8YCSMTWE_0.html ESA webpage on ESTRACK, including links to all stations]
* [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM4SDSMTWE_0.html ESA/ESTRACK Perth station page]


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