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  1. - we hear you! We have acquisition of signal. Our New Norica tracking station has locked on to . Transmission coming in loud and clear. ✅ 〰️ 📡

  2. China’s has set off for the Moon!🎉 Using signals received by station, we helped confirm that the spacecraft safely arrived in space. Best wishes for a successful mission! See you on the homeward journey! 📡 Photo 1: CGTN

  3. Called ‘Multiple Spacecraft Per Aperture’ , the technique is used routinely by ESA’s and 's But MSPA only works one way. While the ground station can receive data from multiple spacecraft, it can only ‘speak’ to one at a time

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  4. Today's the day! China's lunar sample return mission soon lifts off, soft landing on the Moon's far side in a couple of days. Humanity hasnt brought samples back from the Moon since 1975, and we're happy to be supporting the exciting mission with our network!

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  5. Feb 18

    : to communicate with Earth, will rely on spacecraft orbiting as relays. is one of these spacecraft, communicating via a network of ground stations on Earth, including our network 👉

  6. Early this November, ESA’s Antenna in New Norcia, Australia, was subject to major maintenance, ensuring it is in pristine condition and able to continue communicating with our missions across space 📡 Find out more:

  7. Find out more about network, and discover, in real time, which spacecraft each is ‘talking’ to with 👉

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  8. reports the New Norcia antenna has been moved into position, awaiting the first words from - expected in ~30 mins 📡〰️

  9. ESA's Kiruna ground station recently turned 30 - that's three decades communicating with some of ESA's most pioneering space missions, sending commands and bringing data home. Watch the full video for more 👉 📡

  10. 22 Feb 2018

    Our experts will help upgrade the station for commercial communication, helping kick-start a unique European capability

  11. 29 Aug 2019

    You can follow ESA's fleet of spacecraft in Earth orbit and deep space in real time, using data from the , our global network of antennas! 📡📡📡📡🛰️ Try out at

  12. 9 Feb 2020

    The network around the world.

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  13. 🕹️The team is currently running through the launch dress rehearsal In real-time, they are running through the vital hours before launch, in contact with , and the spacecraft, currently nestled in the rocket launcher

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  14. ESA’s northernmost ground station, , is celebrating 30 years looking skyward, connecting us to many of our most beloved and pioneering space explorers ➡️

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  15. The station now takes over tracking from It takes a global network to track a deep space explorer!

    ESA Cebreros, Spain
  16. On Monday,'s lander will land on , & is here to help. deep-space antennas📡communicated with InSight during its journey, and after landing the will help relay lander data back to Earth🛰️ Find out more:

  17. 12 Jun 2019
  18. The ground station in French Guiana will track for several hours after launch, determining exactly where the spacecraft is in order to establish communication links and verify the health of the new mission 📡

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  19. Mar 4

    "We’ve got a lot of really wild weather happening here at the ground station. Just what we need to fill our water tanks after a long, hot Summer!" - Suzy Jackson, Site Manager leading a team of 7 who maintain ESA's giant deep dish in Western Australia 📡☁️

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