Ground Stations
Near-Earth network ground terminals, including the TDRS gateway at White Sands and high-latitude stations.
- Alaska Satellite FacilityGround stationFairbanks, Alaska · United States
A high-latitude ground station in Fairbanks, part of NASA's Near Space Network, heavily used for polar-orbiting Earth-observation satellites.
- Svalbard Satellite StationGround stationLongyearbyen, Svalbard · Norway
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.
- Operator
- KSAT (used by NASA's Near Space Network)
- Wallops Ground StationGround stationWallops Island, Virginia · United States
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).
- White Sands ComplexGround stationLas Cruces, New Mexico · United States
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.