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ESA Optical Ground Station

The ESA Optical Ground Station is the European Space Agency's ground based observatory at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, Spain, built… Read more…

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The ESA Optical Ground Station is the European Space Agency's ground based observatory at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, Spain, built for the observation of space debris. OGS is part of the Artemis experiment and is operated by the IAC and Ataman Science S.L.U.

The telescope is a 1-metre Coudé telescope with field of view of 0.7 degrees, supported by an English-built mount inside a dome 12.5-metre in diameter. Its main purposes are:

to be the optical ground station of the Artemis telecommunications satellite

Source: Wikipedia

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Address 20 Lugar Izaña, 38300, Spain
Coordinates 28°18'3.511" N, 16°30'42.609" W
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
ESA Optical Ground Station
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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