Orroral Valley Space Tracking Station

Local nameOrroral Valley Space Tracking Station
LocationAustralian Capital Territory

The Orroral Valley tracking station was an Earth station in Australia, supported Earth-orbiting satellites, as part of NASA's Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network. It was located approximately 50 km south of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and was one of three tracking stations in the ACT, and seven in Australia.

Construction of the site commenced shortly after site selection in 1963 and was completed in May 1965. It was home to a 26 m antenna and several smaller VHF and microwave frequency antennas.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orroral_Valley_Tracking_Station

Address 2620, Australia

Coordinates -35°37'42.198" N 148°57'22.23" E

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