Carnarvon antenna

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History
1980 ESA installed two VHF antennas for launch and earth orbit support and a 15m S-band dish for deep space support, notably the  Giotto spacecraft on its voyage to pass through the tail of Halley’s Comet on 13 March 1986.



Installed in 1980, the antenna and its equipment have been removed. It was part of a five year contract awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the installation, maintenance and operation of VHF launch support facilities. This involved the construction of an ESA dish antenna, 15 metres in diameter, and the erection of two smaller antennas. The ESA antenna played an instrumental role in the 1985/1986 space mission to intercept Halley's Comet. The role of OTC Satellite Earth Station was to track the Giotto satellite from its launch on 2 July 1985 up to its interception of Halley's Comet.



 The antenna is moved in 1986 to the Perth station.

07/05/1987: relocation of ESA ground station from Carnarvon to Perth - draft Memorandum of Understanding between ESA and the Department of Science and Technology of Australia

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