NASA<\/a>, Japan\u2019s JAXA, India\u2019s ISRO, and even commercial space missions, enhancing scientific output and operational efficiency across the board.<\/p>\n\u201cAustralia is well known as a trusted, experienced and capable operator in deep-space communications. This investment by ESA and the Australian Government will unlock millions of dollars in local economic value as well as employment over the projected lifetime of 50 years,\u201d said Enrico Palermo, head of the Australian Space Agency (ASA).<\/p>\n
New Norcia station to become ESA\u2019s first site with two deep space antennas<\/p>\n
Located in a strategically advantageous position, New Norcia enables continuous coverage for deep space missions, perfectly complementing ESA\u2019s stations in Malargue, Argentina, and Cebreros, Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once the new antenna becomes operational, New Norcia will be ESA\u2019s first ground station to host two deep space antennas. The station and its antennas are managed locally by CSIRO, Australia\u2019s national science agency, which also operates NASA\u2019s deep space communication complex near Tidbinbilla, Canberra, highlighting strong international collaboration in space operations.<\/p>\n
Western Australia is a key point for payload separation from Europe\u2019s rockets. Just a few hundred feet from ESA\u2019s deep space antennas, a 15-foot tracking antenna<\/a> monitors Vega-C and Ariane 6 launches in real time. The station also supports ESA\u2019s Biomass mission, launched in 2025, with a calibration transponder the satellite will visit several times a year to ensure accurate forest measurements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESA has unveiled its latest deep space antenna in New Norcia, roughly 70 miles north of Perth, Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[31045,1128,62335,27391,18,6145,19,17,1024,65716,133,451,7941],"class_list":{"0":"post-104291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-asa","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-csiro","11":"tag-deep-space","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-esa","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-nasa","17":"tag-new-norcia","18":"tag-science","19":"tag-space","20":"tag-space-industry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}