Kiruna Satellite Station (European Space Agency)

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The station is located at Salmijärvi, 38 km east of Kiruna, in northern Sweden ans is part of the Estrack Core Network.
The Kiruna S- and X-band station supports ENVISAT, GOCE and CryoSat-2. For ESTRACK, Kiruna hosts one 15m and one 13m antenna. Both operate in S-band for uplink and downlink and X-band for downlink.

It hosts the following antennas:
- KIR-1: 15m-diameter dish antenna with reception and transmission in S-band, and reception in X-band. Autotrack and program track capability in S-band.
- KIR-2: 13m-diameter dish antenna with reception and transmission in S-band and reception in X-band. Autotrack and program track capability in both S- and X-band.
Both antennas provide facilities for tracking, telemetry, telecommand and radiometric measurements (ranging, Doppler, meteo) in S-band.