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ESA to build its third deep space ground station in Argentina
 
26 June 2009
On 22 June, ESA informed Argentinean authorities that an area 30 km south of the town of Malargüe in Mendoza province, about 1000 km west of Buenos Aires, has been chosen as the best option to build a new 35-meter antenna in support of its programmes.
 
It is the first infrastructure to be built in Argentina by ESA.

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM6Y71P0WF_index_0.html
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Smart move. Gives them an arround the clock sky coverage.

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Will this aid Nasa's Deep Space Network in receiving data from probes?

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Yes. ESA and NASA work together.

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Where are the other two?

Is Madrid joint or NASA only?

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Europe's New Deep-Space Listening Station Rises | Video

Published on Dec 26, 2012
by: VideoFromSpace
The European Space Agency's new deep-space tracking station in Malargue, Argentina, will serve as a vital communications link to spacecraft exploring the solar system. The 35-meter antenna is part of ESA's ESTRACK network and was completed in 2010
(but will become operational in 2013:
source: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Malarguee_-_DSA_3

« Last Edit: 12/29/2012 05:40 am by catdlr »
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