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| Location | Kuntunse, Greater Accra Region, Ga West Municipal District, Ghana |
| Coordinates | 5°45′01″N 0°18′19″W / 5.75028°N 0.30514°W |
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The Ghana Satellite Earth Station is the largest satellite station in Ghana. The satellite station is situated at Kuntunse, on the Accra - Nsawam Road,[1][2] a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. The satellite station has five receiver dishes:
- One main dish
- Two medium dishes
- Two small dishes
The station is managed by Vodafone Ghana, after the Ghana government partnered with the Vodafone telco company.
In 2017 it was announced the 32-meter (105 feet) former communications antenna has begun work as an astronomical radio telescope. The telescope's "first light" science observations included methanol maser detections, pulsar observations and VLBI fringe testing.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Satellite Earth". www.abpconsult.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Boateng, Kwasi. "Satellite Communication in Ghana-challenges and prospects" (PDF). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ "Old Communications Dish Born Again as Radio Telescope in Africa". Space.com.
- ↑ Wild, Sarah (11 May 2017). "Ghana telescope heralds first pan-African array". Nature News. Vol. 545, no. 7653. p. 144. doi:10.1038/545144a.
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