Guam Tracking Station (GWM).
The above image is cropped from an overview photo. Click on the image to see a 460kb version of the full view, or here for a 1.4MB higher resolution scan.
Photo from helicopter: Al Fong.
Guam Tracking Station
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Guam Tracking Station (GWM). The above image is cropped from an overview photo. Click on the image to see a 460kb version of the full view, or here for a 1.4MB higher resolution scan. Photo from helicopter: Al Fong. |
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This photo of Guam must have been taken by Al Fong at the same time as the photo above, using his Pentax Sport camera with 85-210 mm zoom lens. From the Tidbinbilla archives. 2024 scan by Colin Mackellar. |
The Guam MSFN station was opened in 1966 to support the Apollo Program.
The station had a 30 foot (9 metre) USB antenna, and also had capabilitles for VHF Air-Ground Voice and Telemetry.
Guam was the first dedicated Apollo station to
be built and was intended primarily for near-earth and TLI operations.
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Layout of the Station. (NASA sketch.) |