US EditionSpace agency launches new state-of-the-art antenna in WA
The 35-meter New Norcia 3 antenna will boost data downloads for ESA missions and enhance cooperation with Australia, costing €62.3 million and expected to operate from March 2026.
- On Oct. 4, the European Space Agency inaugurated New Norcia 3, a 35-meter deep-space antenna in New Norcia, Western Australia, as the fourth in its Estrack deep-space network near Perth.
- Rising mission data needs prompted ESA to build the 40-metre-tall, 700-tonne New Norcia 3 antenna to meet fast-increasing downloads and secure Europe's independence and leadership.
- Technically, the site features cryocooling of the receiver and cryogenic amplifiers cooled to minus 260 degrees Celsius, and days ago during final calibration it received its first signal from ESA's Euclid spacecraft.
- Economically, ESA expects New Norcia 3 to generate $4.5 million annually over 50 years after its EUR 62.3 million construction, with local operations by CSIRO and 4 million Australian dollars contributed.
- Internationally, the antenna positions ESA to support NASA, Japan's JAXA, and India's ISRO, while Australia negotiates a cooperative agreement and ESA proposes a fifth deep-space antenna in South America.
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ESA inaugurates new deep space antenna in Australia
The European Space Agency has inaugurated a new deep space antenna in Australia as part of efforts to strengthen ties between Europe and Australia in space. The post ESA inaugurates new deep space antenna in Australia appeared first on SpaceNews.
The European Space Agency (ESA) communications network with scientific, security and space exploration missions in the Solar System has added a new deep space antenna inaugurated this Saturday in Australia, ESA reported in a statement. New Norcia 3 The new antenna, called New Norcia 3, has 35 meters [...] The entrance Inaugurated a new antenna in Australia for communication with deep space was first published in Information Focus.
The European Space Tracking (ESA) has just added a new deep space antenna to its ESTRACK (European Space Tracking) network, which this year has reached 50 years of age. New Norcia 3 is, to anyone’s surprise, at the Australian station in New Norcia. It is a 35-metre-diameter antenna that will become the fourth in the agency’s deep space network. The other three are in Cerberos (Spain), Malargüe (Argentina), and New Norcia, where there was already…
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