SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

 

Table 6-30. Spaceflight Tracking and Data Acquisition Network /Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Stations, 1969-1978

 

Station

Former MSFN Station

Years Operational

.

Alaska

.

1962-

Ascension Island

x

1967-

Bermuda

x

1961-

Canberra

x

1965-

Cape Kennedy

x

1961-

Carnarvon

.

1964-1974

Darwin

.

1966-1969

Ft. Myers

.

1959-1972

Goldstone/Mojave

.

1960-1969

Grand Bahama

x

1967-1970

Grand Canary

x

1961-1975

Guam

x

1966-

Kasima Machi a

.

1967-1970

Kauai

.

1965-

Lima

.

1957-1969

Madrid

x

1967-

Merritt Island

x

1973-

Network Test and Training Facility b

.

1966-

Quito

.

1957-

Rosman

.

1963-1981

Santiago

.

1957-

Singapore a

.

1963-1970

St. John's c

.

1960-1970

Tananarive

.

1965-1975

Toowoomba

.

1966-1969

White Sands

x

1961-

Winkfield

.

1961-

 

a Collateral stations.

b became an operational part of the network in 1974.

c Mobile tracking equipment used on St. John's for Skylab and ASTP launches.

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