Carnarvon Tracking Station, Western Australia
Carnarvon Tracking Station was opened in June 1964 to be a prime station for the Gemini Program. The Verlort Radar and Aquisition antennae were transported from Muchea to Carnarvon after Muchea closed.
This 1963 NASA sketch shows demonstrates how Carnarvon was better placed to track the low-earth-orbiting Gemini spacecraft. |
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For more on Carnarvon Tracking Station, see also – CROtrak by Terry Kierans. See also Carnarvon and Apollo, by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg. |