Raisting Earth Station
Raisting Earth Station
LocationRaisting, Bavaria
Coordinates47°54′0″N 11°6′46″E / 47.90000°N 11.11278°E / 47.90000; 11.11278
Altitude549 m
Established1963
Websitewww.erdfunkstelle-radom.de
Telescopes
  • Radom Raisting Edit this on Wikidata
Raisting Earth Station is located in Germany
Raisting Earth Station
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Raisting Earth Station (German: Erdfunkstelle Raisting) is a satellite ground station near Raisting, Bavaria. The station was Germany's first commercial station for satellite communication and is still one of the largest ground stations in the world.[1]

History

After examining many potential sites, the Deutsche Bundespost began construction of the first civil satellite ground station in Germany in 1963. Its construction allowed for satellite communications between Europe and North America for the first time. It was used to transmit, among other things, the Apollo 11 Moon Landing and the 1972 Munich Olympics.[1]

More recently the station was to have been used as a ground station for the European Student Moon Orbiter before the mission's cancellation.[2]

The main radome in 2011.

Operations

Deutsche Telekom operated the station from its construction until 2005 when it was then sold to US-based EMC. In 2016, EMC was then purchased by Anuvu who operate portions of the station today.[3]

Today the radome has been preserved as an industrial monument commemorating the dawn of satellite communications. The radome and station are available for public tour.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Radom Raisting - Denkmal". radom-raisting.de. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. ↑ "The ESMO teams". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. 1 2 Martin, Hermann (28 August 2021). "Erdfunkstelle Raisting".
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