Re: TDRSS ground stations, New Mexico

Allen Thomson (thomsona@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:

: For no particularly identifiable reason, I was looking for GoogleEarth
: pictures that would show the TDRSS ground stations, and found them:
: they're at 32.501064 N, 106.609000 W and 32.543113 N, 106.612084 W .
: (Is that precise enough?)

: But at least the southern one is a lot bigger installation than I'd
: have expected, even given its rumored role as a spysat (Lacrosse)
: ground terminal. And there's a fair amount of largish stuff in the area
: that may or may not be associated.

: Anybody know what all the other items are?

TDRSS supports the Terra satellite as part of the EOS program. TDRSS also
supports tha shuttle.

: BTW, TerraServer, best accessed through the
: never-to-be-sufficiently-praised USAPhotoMaps (http://jdmcox.com/) has
: a better overall view, and a higher resolution image of the northern
: station:

: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ImageInfo.aspx?T=1&S=13&Z=13&X=218&Y=2249

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