Minitrack, Island Lagoon

STF18 (Satellite Tracking Facility 18)



 

The Island Lagoon Minitrack station was located about 1.1km WSW of the main Administration building, and 1.9km SW of DSS41.

 

Island Lagoon

Island Lagoon Minitrack 1964.

Jan Delgado took this photo (and another of Woomera township) from an aircraft on the way to/from Adelaide.


Minitrack – then and now
Island Lagoon
Island Lagoon

Island Lagoon Minitrack 1964 and circa 2010 views.

At left, Jan Delgado’s oblique aerial photo of the Minitrack site has been ortho-corrected so that it approximately corresponds to the contemporary satellite view (right, courtesy of Google Earth). North is at the top.

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Island Lagoon

Aerial view of Island Lagoon from about 6,000 feet (1800m), by William Schoene.