Ground Stations

A high-latitude ground station in Fairbanks, part of NASA's Near Space Network, heavily used for polar-orbiting Earth-observation satellites.

A high-latitude ground station at 78°N able to see every pass of a polar-orbiting satellite. Operated commercially by KSAT and used by NASA's Near Space Network.

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KSAT (used by NASA's Near Space Network)

A NASA Near Space Network ground station on the US east coast, providing tracking and data services for near-Earth missions (distinct from the co-located Wallops launch range).

NASA's primary ground terminal for the TDRS relay satellites, in New Mexico. Nearly all Space Network traffic — including from the ISS and Hubble — passes through White Sands.