New Norcia Station
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New Norcia Station (also known as NNO) is an ESTRACK Earth station in Australia for communication with spacecraft after launch, in low Earth orbit, in geostationary orbit and in deep space. It is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the town of New Norcia, Western Australia.[1] It was the first ESA deep space ground station,[2] followed by Cebreros Station and Malargüe Station.
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Alternative names | DSA 1 |
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Named after | New Norcia |
Part of | ESTRACK |
Location(s) | Western Australia, AUS |
Coordinates | 31°02′54″S 116°11′28″E |
Organization | European Space Operations Centre |
Altitude | 252 m (827 ft) |
Telescope style | ground station |
Diameter | 35 m (114 ft 10 in) |
Replaced | Perth Station |
Website | www |
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New Norcia Station was one of the stations providing communications, tracking and data download from the Rosetta spacecraft.[3] It supports the BepiColombo mission.[1]