List of earth stations in Australia
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List of earth stations in Australia

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No.	Station	Complex	Location	Overseas country/company involved	Purpose	Active

1	Island Lagoon Tracking Station	Island Lagoon Tracking Station	Woomera, SA	United States	Minitrack Radio Tracking Station Baker-Nunn Camera Optical Tracking Station. Project Mercury Radio Tracking Stations Deep Space Probe Radio Tracking Station (85 foot diameter antenna)	Yes

2	Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar	Island Lagoon Tracking Station	Woomera, SA	United States	Space based surveillance. Moved to Pine Gap	No

3	Muchea Tracking Station	Muchea Tracking Station	Woomera, SA	United States	Project Mercury (replaced by Carnarvon)	No

4	(Unknown) Adelaide Earth Station	(Unknown) Adelaide Earth Station	Adelaide, SA	United States	Unknown transit Navigational Satellite Program for weather facilities - required an Earth station near Adelaide.	Unknown

5	Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex	Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex	Tidbinbilla, ACT	United States	NASA Deep Space Network	Yes

6	Carnarvon Tracking Station	Carnarvon Earth Stations	Carnarvon, WA	United States	Tracking and Data Acquisition Station for unmanned scientific and manned satellites	Yes

7	OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon	Carnarvon Earth Stations	Carnarvon, WA	Europe	European Space Agency - Space vehicle tracking	Yes

8	(Unknown) Darwin Earth station	(Unknown) Darwin Earth station	Darwin, NT	United States	Unknown Mobile Data Acquisition Station for unmanned scientific satellites and space vehicles. Possibly Shoal Bay Receiving Station	Unknown

9	Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station	Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station	Honeysuckle Creek, ACT	United States	Tracking and Data Acquisition Station, primarily for support of manned flight	No

10	Cooby Creek Tracking Station	Cooby Creek Tracking Station	South of Toowoomba, QLD	United States	Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) facility	No

11	Parkes CSIRO Earth Station	Parkes CSIRO Earth Station	Parkes, NSW	CSIRO	CSIRO, NASA Deep Space Network.	Yes

12	Orroral Valley Tracking Station	Orroral Valley Tracking Station	Orroral Valley, ACT	United States France	NASA Deep Space Network, DORIS (geodesy)	No

13	Yatharagga	Yatharagga West Australian Space Centre	Near Yarragadee, WA	United States France	NASA Mobile Laser Ranging Facility and DORIS (geodesy) beacon - now operated by the Swedish Space Corporation	Yes

14	Pine Gap	Pine Gap	Near Alice Springs, NT	United States	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, ECHELON, Aquacade tracking	Yes

15	Crib Point Satellite Earth Station at HMAS Cerberus Naval Base	Crib Point Satellite Earth Station at HMAS Cerberus Naval Base	Near Crib Point, VIC	Japan	Meteorological Satellite Earth Station for Japanese and Chinese weather satellites e.g. Himawari Geostationary Meteorological Satellites.	Yes

16	New Norcia Station	New Norcia Station	New Norcia, WA	Europe	ESTRACK for the European Space Agency	Yes

17	Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station	Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station	Geraldton, WA	United States	ECHELON	Yes

18	Dongara Satellite Station	Yatharagga West Australian Space Centre	Near Yarragadee, WA	United States	Earth station Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Facility - now operated by the Swedish Space Corporation	Yes

19	Perth Station	Perth International Telecommunications Centre	Gnangara (Perth), WA	Europe	ESTRACK for the European Space Agency operated by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) and Parkes Radiotelescope of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research	Yes

20	Regency Park Optus Earth Station	Regency Park Optus Earth Station	Regency Park, SA	Optus - SingTel, Intelsat	Intelsat Earth station with 1 tracking and 2 fixed antennae and serves as a Tracking, Telemetry & Control backup site.	Yes

21	Belrose Optus Earth Station	Belrose Optus Earth Station	Belrose, NSW	Optus - SingTel	Belrose is the key operations centre for Optus telecommunications satellite services and controls the Optus satellite fleet. Belrose Satellite Operations comprises teams for satellite control, satellite support, satellite network management, VSAT operations and Earth station support.	Yes

22	Lockridge Optus Earth Station	Lockridge Optus Earth Station	Lockridge, WA	Optus - SingTel	The Lockridge Earth Station supports international and domestic satellite services. It is continuously manned as a key Tracking, Telemetry & Control facility.	Yes

23	Oxford Falls Optus Earth Station	Oxford Falls Optus Earth Station	Oxford Falls, NSW	Optus - SingTel, Intelsat	The Oxford Falls Earth Station is Optus' international gateway for voice, data and video services from international news gatherers as well as providing international communications for key Australian government departments and pay TV providers.	Yes

24	Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station	Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station	Hobart, TAS	Various	The Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station (TERSS) is an X-band groundstation designed and built in Australia. TERSS was created by a group of partners including: CSIRO Division of Oceanography, CSIRO Office of Space Science and Applications, The University of Tasmania, The Australian Space Office, The Bureau of Meteorology, The Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES), The Australian Antarctic Division	Yes

25	Uralla Lockheed Martin Earth Station	Uralla Lockheed Martin Earth Station	Uralla, NSW	Lockheed Martin	Lockheed Martin Australia owns and operates this Earth station to provide telemetry, tracking and command services for a wide range of customers.	Yes

26	Mawson Lakes NewSat Earth Station	Mawson Lakes NewSat Earth Station	Mawson Lakes (Adelaide), SA	NewSat	12 antennas from 2.4 to 13 m in diameter, with C and Ku - band capabilities to 12 geosynchronous satellites.	Yes

27	Bassendean NewSat Earth Station	Bassendean NewSat Earth Station	Bassendean (Perth), WA	NewSat	11 antennas from 2.4 to 13 m in diameter, with C and Ku - band capabilities to 9 geosynchronous satellites.	Yes

28	Sydney BoM Earth Station	Sydney BoM Earth Station	Sydney, NSW	BoM	One or more satellite antennas that receive data either in L-band or X-band. The signals are processed by on-site computers and the ingested satellite data is distributed around Australia and internationally.	Yes

29	Melbourne BoM Earth Station	Melbourne BoM Earth Station	Melbourne, VIC	BoM	One or more satellite antennas that receive data either in L-band or X-band. The signals are processed by on-site computers and the ingested satellite data is distributed around Australia and internationally.	Yes

30	Perth WASTAC Earth Station	Perth WASTAC Earth Station	Murdoch (Perth), WA	WASTAC	There is one receiver: an L and X-band receiver at Murdoch University, Murdoch. A microwave link exists between the various WASTAC members: Bureau of Meteorology, Landgate's - Satellite Remote Sensing Services, Curtin University of Technology's - Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, CSIRO Space Sciences and Technology, Murdoch University, Geoscience Australia	Yes

31	Shoal Bay Receiving Station	Shoal Bay Receiving Station	Shoal Bay (Darwin), NT	ASD	17 antennas. Possibly ECHELON	Yes

32	Darwin Weather Data Earth Station	Shoal Bay Receiving Station	Shoal Bay (Darwin), NT	BoM	One or more satellite antennas that receive data either in L-band or X-band. The signals are processed by on-site computers and the ingested satellite data is distributed around Australia and internationally.	Yes

33	Casey Station	Casey Station	Casey Station (Antarctica), AAD	BoM, AAD	ANARESAT satellite communications antenna A Himawari-8 satellite tracking antenna	Yes

34	Davis Station	Davis Station	Davis Station (Antarctica), AAD	BoM, AAD	ANARESAT satellite communications antenna A Himawari-8 satellite tracking antenna	Yes

35	Mawson Station	Mawson Station	Mawson Station (Antarctica), AAD	AAD	ANARESAT satellite communications antenna	Yes

36	Macquarie Island Station	Macquarie Island Station	Macquarie Island Station (Antarctica), AAD	AAD	ANARESAT satellite communications antenna	Yes

37	Parkes CSIRO Earth Station	Parkes CSIRO Earth Station	Parkes, NSW	CSIRO	CSIRO, NASA Deep Space Network.	Yes

38	Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station	Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station	Kojarena, near Geraldton WA	United States	signals intelligence facility.	Yes

39	Mount Stromlo Observatory	Mount Stromlo Observatory	Mount Stromlo, ACT	France	DORIS (geodesy) beacon moved from Orroral Valley.	Yes

40	BLUEsat UNSW/ACSER Groundstation, UNSW, Kensington	UNSW	Kensington, NSW	BLUEsat UNSW	Microsatellite Groundstation	Yes

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There have been two DORIS stations in Australia: Yatharagga - Active Orroral Valley Tracking Station - No longer active.

final_sentence: There have been two DORIS stations in Australia: Yatharagga - Active Orroral Valley Tracking Station - No longer active.