Mount Stromlo Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observatory (Canberra, ACT)

Australia / Australian Capital Territory / Canberra / Canberra, ACT
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This satellite laser ranging station participates with the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS). This observatory was destroyed in a brush fire that also destroyed many of the other observatories at Mount Stromlo in January 2003. It was rebuilt and became operational again in December 2004.

Official Site: www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/slr/stromlo.jsp
ILRS Site: ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Photo and Information: ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stations/sitelist/STL3_general.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Stromlo_Observatory
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Coordinates:   35°18'58"S   149°0'35"E
This article was last modified 4 years ago