Perth Station

This article is about the space communications station. For the railway station, see Perth railway station. For the railway station in Scotland, see Perth railway station, Scotland.

Perth Station is an ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft. The station is located at the Perth International Telecommunications Centre in the suburb of Cullacabardee.

The site hosts a 15-metre diameter antenna that transmits in S-band and receives in both S- and X-bands.

There were plans to upgrade to X-band transmission in 2004. There is also a GPS Tracking and Data Facility. The site has its own no-break power plant.

The facility is used to routinely communicate with the XMM-Newton spacecraft. It is also used during the Launch and Early Orbit Phase of various satellite launches.

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Coordinates: 31°48′09″S 115°53′07″E / 31.8025°S 115.8852°E / -31.8025; 115.8852

ESTRACK

Core Network

Europe	Redu Station (Belgium) Cebreros Station (Spain) Maspalomas Station (Gran Canaria, Spain) Villafranca Station (Spain) Kiruna Station (Sweden) Santa Maria (Azores, Portugal)

South America	Kourou Station (French Guayana) Malargüe Station (Argentina)

Australia	New Norcia Station Perth Station (PITC)

Augmented Network

Svalbard Satellite Station (Norway)
Dongara Station (Australia)
Troll Satellite Station (Antarctica)
Santiago Station (Chile)
South Point Station (USA)

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