NASA McMurdo Ground Station Typical Workload

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NASA McMurdo Ground StationTypical Workload
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NASA McMurdo Ground StationTypical Workload
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NASA McMurdo Ground StationTypical Workload
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NASA McMurdo Ground Station Mission Support
Inventory

• Current or prior missions in standard type
• Future missions in italics
• Total NASA mission count 20, since 1997
• Nearly all are science research or remote
  sensing satellites
• Some are rocket launches and early orbit
  supports for science research or remote sensing
  satellites

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NASA McMURDO GROUND STATION TYPICAL LAUNCH SUPPORT

• December 21, 1999 launch of the KOMPSAT and
  ACRIMSAT research spacecraft into polar low earth
  orbit

Vandenberg AFB, CA Launch Point
KOMPSAT and ACRIMSAT Launch Ascent Trajectory
McMurdo Station, Antarctica Launch Ascent
Tracking Station