Collimation Tower
USA /
California /
Barstow /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Barstow
World / United States / California
military, communication -to be cleaned / removed, complex- dont use this category
Special equipment and antennae to simulate a spacecraft, so the main antenna could be pointed at it to run tests on all the transmitting, receiving and processing equipment. Before every pass all the equipment was checked out on the Collimation Tower. If a problem appeared while tracking a spacecraft, the station could quickly check out all its systems by going to the tower and running tests to confirm whether the problem was in the station or in the spacecraft.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°18'10"N 116°47'9"W
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