The Overseas Telecommunications Commission
Carnarvon Satellite Earth Station
In this section Introduction to OTC(A) Satellite Earth Station The 42 foot antenna (CassHorn) The 42 foot CassHorn in development The 97 foot antenna (Big Dish) TV history: Down Under Comes Up Live |
To avoid confusion... The OTC Satellite Earth Station and the NASA Tracking Station at Carnarvon are often confused. They were two separate installations, at either ends of Browns Range (though the OTC station was built at Carnarvon to support communications between the NASA station and the US). For a larger version of this map (390kb PDF), click the image. |
Guntis Berzins took this aerial photo from just to the NW of Carnarvon at the end of 1966. It shows the relative positions of the OTC(A) and NASA stations. Click the image for a 880kb PDF file. |