OTC Earth Station - WA

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Position

DEG: -24.868498 113.70475
DMS: 24º 52' 6.59" S 113º 42' 17.1" E
UTM: 49 J 7246899mN 773291mE
Altitude: 30.45m

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Address & Contact

25 Mahony Ave
Brown Range WA 6701
Phone: +618 9941 9901
Email: frontdesk@carnarvonmuseum.org.au
Web: https://www.carnarvonmuseum.org.au/about

Information

The OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon was established to meet the need for more reliable and higher quality communications for NASA's Apollo Moon project. NASA contracted Australia's Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) "to provide an earth station near Carnarvon, Western Australia to link the NASA tracking station in that area to the control centre in the USA",[1] also contracting the COMSAT Corporation to launch three Intelsat-2 communications satellites.

The Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum celebrates the little known history of the role Carnarvon played in the manned space program and in the Australian communications industry.

The museum focusses on two parts. The Carnarvon Tracking Station and the OTC Satellite Earth Station, for which each station played separate roles in the early space industry.


Open: April – September 9am – 4pm. October – March 10am – 2pm. Open 7 days (except Christmas Day).
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Closest Weather Station

Carnarvon at 22/12:00am WST
Distance from OTC Earth Station 4.11km SW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
21.3°C17.5°C75%16.7°C1013.0hPa0.0mmS32km/hr
17knots
39km/hr
21knots

Closest Climatic Station

Carnarvon Airport
Distance from OTC Earth Station 4.11km SW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C31.332.531.629.126.223.422.323.024.426.027.629.3
Mean Min. °C22.523.422.119.114.912.310.911.613.816.418.620.6
Mean Rain mm12.320.616.213.934.947.345.318.05.65.34.15.7

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