ESTRACK
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The European Space Tracking (ESTRACK) network consists of a number of ground-based space-tracking stations belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA), and operated by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. The stations support various ESA spacecraft and facilitate communications between ground operators and scientific probes such as XMM-Newton, Mars Express, BepiColombo, Gaia. Similar networks are run by the USA, China, Russia, Japan, and India.
The European Space Tracking (ESTRACK) network consists of a number of ground-based space-tracking stations belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA), and operated by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. The stations support various ESA spacecraft and facilitate communications between ground operators and scientific probes such as XMM-Newton, Mars Express, BepiColombo, Gaia. Similar networks are run by the USA, China, Russia, Japan, and India. ==Antennas== Each ESTRACK station is different, supporting multiple missions, some sharing one or more of the same missions. The ESTRACK core network consists of: ===Former stations=== Perth Station (Australia) Maspalomas Station (Gran Canaria, Spain) Villafranca Station (Spain) ==Composition== The ESTRACK network consists of several ground station around the world. Some of them are owned by ESA itself while others are owned by commercial and other institutional operators. The core stations as well as all of the connections to the missions are operated through the Network Operations Centre at ESOC. ==See also== European Astronaut Centre (EAC) European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) European Space Agency (ESA) European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) ESA Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) Guiana Space Centre (CSG) ==References== ==External links== ESA Operations website ESA webpage on ESTRACK, including links to all stations
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