Fresnedillas: Around the station


 

The 85 foot Apollo Station at Madrid

The 85 foot USB antenna at the Madrid Apollo station.

Photo: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.

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Fresnedillas 85'

The 85 foot Madrid Apollo Tracking Station at Madrid as it looked during Skylab. (Note the antenna for Skylab – the Teltrac antenna at left, and the UHF command antenna and associated van in the foreground at centre.)

Photo: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar. Click for a larger image.


view of the station

A view of the station with the cafeteria in the foreground, power building on the right and ops building on the left in front of the antenna.

Photo and text: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.

Click image for a much larger version. In the large version, note the three men in suits outisde the Ops building.


MAD at night

The Madrid antenna and operations building by night.

Photo: Larry Haug. Colour restoration: Colin Mackellar.
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