Cebreros Station

Cebreros Station
ESTRACK station at Cebreros, Spain
Alternative names DSA 2 Edit this on Wikidata
Observatory ESTRACK Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s) Cebreros, Spain Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates 40°27′10″N 4°22′03″W / 40.4528°N 4.3676°W / 40.4528; -4.3676Coordinates: 40°27′10″N 4°22′03″W / 40.4528°N 4.3676°W / 40.4528; -4.3676 Edit this at Wikidata
Organization European Space Operations Centre Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude 794 m (2,605 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope style Ground station Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter 35 m (114 ft 10 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Website www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Estrack/Cebreros_-_DSA_2 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of Cebreros Station

Cebreros Station (also known as DSA 2 or Deep Space Antenna 2) is a European Space Agency, ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft, located about 10 km east of Cebreros and 90 km from Madrid, Spain, operated by the European Space Operations Centre and INTA. A 35-metre diameter antenna that receives and transmit in X- and Ka-bands is located at the site. Station code is "CEB". 20kW CW High Power Amplifier (HPA) it was created by Rheinmetall Italia SpA (Italy). The monitoring and control system was implemented by Microsis srl (Italy).

It provides daily support to Lisa Pathfinder, Mars Express and Gaia.[1]

It also provided support for Rosetta.

Two sister stations are New Norcia Station in Australia, and Malargüe Station in Argentina.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Estrack/Cebreros_-_DSA_2


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