The Orroral Valley tracking station supported Earth-orbiting satellites, as part of NASA's Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The Spacecraft Tracking and Data (Acquisition Network (STADAN or STDN was established by NASA to satisfy the requirement for long-duration highly-available space-to-ground It is located approximately 50 kilometres south of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory It was one of three tracking stations in the ACT, and seven in Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Construction of the site commenced shortly after site selection in 1963 and was completed in May 1965. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. It was home to a 26 metre antenna and several smaller VHF and microwave frequency antennas. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with Wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m or frequencies between 0
The main requirement of the station, as distinct from the long-range communication tasks of Tidbinbilla and Honeysuckle Creek, was to be able to quickly switch from supporting one satellite to another. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC is a Ground station that is located in Australia at Tidbinbilla in a valley of the Murrumbidgee Honeysuckle Creek was a NASA Tracking station near Canberra, Australia, which played an important role in supporting Project Apollo The signal received from satellites in Earth orbit are relatively strong but view periods are short; a few minutes being typical. This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. Many of the supported satellites used different systems for transmitting data, or for receiving commands so the station had to cope with a variety of equipment for support of the individual satellites. Data from the satellites were recorded on magnetic tape and air-freighted to the United States for study.
The station supported the joint Apollo-Soyuz project in 1975, which saw American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts link in Earth orbit and conduct joint experiments in space. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In April 1981, Orroral tracking station supported the Space Shuttle Columbia. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy Space shuttle in NASA 's It provided telecommunication support to Space Shuttle missions until its closure in 1985. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
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- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC is a Ground station that is located in Australia at Tidbinbilla in a valley of the Murrumbidgee NASA.