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CARNARVON (Australia) – AUS3 station

location of the Carnarvon station in Western Australia – global view

          Name : AUS3

          Location : Carnarvon in Autralia

          Latitude : -24.869

          Longitude:  113.704

          Hosting :  on the site of the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum, Western Australia

          Start-up : June, 2021

Location of the Carnarvon station, global view.
Location of the Carnarvon station, global view.

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Location of the station on the Carnarvon Space and Technology website, close-up view.
Location of the station on the Carnarvon Space and Technology website, close-up view.

This station was deployed at the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum in Western Australia. NASA monitored the Gemini and Apollo missions from facilities that were deployed in this city and which served as bases for the museum.

The SVOM station has been installed on a roof of the museum.
The SVOM station has been installed on a roof of the museum.
The installation was carried out by a team from the University of Western Australia (UWA).
The installation was carried out by a team from the University of Western Australia (UWA).

This station can be configured to receive data from the NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 weather satellites. The reconstructed images make it possible to check the quality of the site and to identify possible degradations on the reception of the signals.

Image produced from the data sent by the NOAA18 satellite.
Image produced from the data sent by the NOAA18 satellite.
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