SPACE: NEW GIANT ANTENNA OPENED IN SPAIN.

PositionEuropean Space Agency - Brief Article

A deep space telecommunications station consisting of a giant 35-metre antenna has been opened in Cerebros, near Avila, Spain, by the European Space Agency (ESA). This new "door on the universe" will monitor the European "Venus Express" mission from the end of October, ESA Science Director David Southwood indicated at the opening ceremony on September 29. The euro 30 million facility will enable mission-controllers to...

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