Maspalomas Station
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27.76339°N 15.633504°W
Maspalomas Station is an INSA-operated, ESTRACK
radio
antenna station for communication with spacecraft
located at the southern area of Gran Canaria
island, on the INTA
campus. The site hosts a 15-metre antenna with reception in S- and X-band and transmission in S-band.
Maspalomas Station is an INSA-operated, ESTRACK
ESTRACK
The European Space Operations Centre operates a number of ground-based space-tracking stations for the European Space Agency known as the European Space Tracking network. The stations support various ESA spacecraft and facilitate communications between ground operators and scientific probes such...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
antenna station for communication with spacecraft
Spacecraft
A spacecraft or spaceship is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo....
located at the southern area of Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, with a population of 838,397 which constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago...
island, on the INTA
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
The Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial is Spain's space agency. It was founded in 1942, as the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeronáutica , and has its headquarters in Torrejón de Ardoz, near Madrid....
campus. The site hosts a 15-metre antenna with reception in S- and X-band and transmission in S-band.