Estación espacial Agencia Espacial Europa (ESA) - Deep Space Antenna 3 - European Space Agency - Malargue Station
Argentina /
Mendoza /
San Rafael /
World
/ Argentina
/ Mendoza
/ San Rafael
astronomical, radio telescope, European Space Agency - ESA, space agency
ESA's newest tracking station, 30 km south of the city of Malargüe, about 1200 km west of Buenos Aires, Argentina. DSA 3 hosts a 35 m-diameter antenna with transmission and reception in X-band and reception in Ka-band.
DSA 3 entered full service in early 2013, providing daily support to missions such as Venus Express, Mars Express, Herschel and Planck.
The station is a short drive from Malargüe city, in Mendoza province. Malargüe has a population of some 23 000 and is also home to the southern site of the Pierre Auger Observatory, an international physics experiment searching for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
The coordinates of the antenna are 35° 46' 33.63" S (35.776°S), 69° 23' 53.51" W (69.398°W), and the station is sited at 1550 m above sea level.
(quoted from www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESTRACK_Malarguee... )
DSA 3 entered full service in early 2013, providing daily support to missions such as Venus Express, Mars Express, Herschel and Planck.
The station is a short drive from Malargüe city, in Mendoza province. Malargüe has a population of some 23 000 and is also home to the southern site of the Pierre Auger Observatory, an international physics experiment searching for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
The coordinates of the antenna are 35° 46' 33.63" S (35.776°S), 69° 23' 53.51" W (69.398°W), and the station is sited at 1550 m above sea level.
(quoted from www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESTRACK_Malarguee... )
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°46'36"S 69°23'51"W
- Cerro Carlos Condell Curico 189 km
- Cerro Tololo Observatory 638 km
- La Silla Observator 738 km
- Las Campanas Observatory 764 km
- Llano de Chajnantor astronomical observatory 1439 km
- Rings of Saturn 6650 km
- Scorpio 6657 km
- Capricorn 6658 km
- Virgo 6659 km
- Star 6771 km
- Puesto de Alberto Quesada 5.9 km
- Malacara Vulcano 6.9 km
- The site of the Fluorescent Detector at Los Leones - The Pierre Auger Observatory 32 km
- Malargue NDB (ID: M) 33 km
- Runway 14/32 35 km
- Comodoro Ricardo Salomón Airport 35 km
- Surface Detector Tanks 39 km
- Pierre Auger Observatory 39 km
- La Olla Hill 47 km
- Payun Matru Volcano 73 km