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
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).