Tracking Station – The Rambling Wombat

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ESA – ARIANE Station

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Ascension Island has a long history when it comes to tracking extraterrestrial goings on.

Scottish astronomer, David Gill, visited Ascension in 1877 to view Mars through a range of his instruments during the Opposition of Mars (an alignment of the sun, the earth, and Mars) which occurred in that year. Continue reading “ESA – ARIANE Station” →

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NASA and the Devil’s Ashpit Tracking Station

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As part of the NASA Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network, an integrated Apollo and deep-space station (DSS 72) was constructed in 1965 on the eastern side of Ascension Island at the Devil’s Ashpit. Continue reading “NASA and the Devil’s Ashpit Tracking Station” →