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MASPALOMAS SATELLITE TRACKING STATION
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BRIEF HISTORY OF MASPALOMAS STATION

• Originally built for the NASA Mercury program in
  1960
• 1960 1975. Mercury, Gemini, Apollo,
  Apollo-Soyuz and Skylab

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BRIEF HISTORY OF MASPALOMAS STATION
1980 ESA - ESRIN (Earthnet Adquisition, basic
processing and data archiving of Earth
Resources satellites information) 1989 ESA -
ESOC (TTC, EURECA, XMM) 1992 COSPAS - SARSAT
(Emergengy beacons) 1995 2003 HELIOS (Military
program) 1996 MINISAT (Launch Support, TTC and
Ranging) 1997 CREPAD (Data Processing and
Archiving) 1998 NASDA Japanese Space Agency
(ETS VII, MTSAT, OICETS) 1998 EUMETSAT
(Back-up TTC and Ranging for MSG
satellites) 1999 JAXA (previously NASDA) (TTC
station) 2000 HISPASAT (Ranging) 2002 ESTRACK
NETWORK(CLUSTER, SMART-1, ) 2003 HISDESAT
(XTAR-EUR, SPAINSAT)
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VISIBILITY PLOT
No obstacle above 5º elevation (towards North)
Sea level towards South
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - ESOC

• ESOC TTC
• TLM reception, TC transmission and ranging
• Remotely controlled. Reduced operations
• Electrical, mechanical and electronic maintenance

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CURRENT PROGRAMS - ESOC

• In 1989 Maspalomas became a member of the
  ESTRACK network
• Current activities
• Cluster-2 satellites
• ISS PCE (Proximity Communication Equipment)
• General support for satellite LEOPs

Telecommand
Transmission (S-Band)
C O M M S
MCC-ESOC Darmstadt, Germany CLUSTER-2
Rng Data
Ranging
Control
Reception (X/S-Band)
Telemetry
15 m Ø
FT
MC
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - ESRIN
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - ESRIN

• In 1979 Maspalomas became a member of the
  EARTHNET network
• Current satellites

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CURRENT PROGRAMS - ESRIN
ESRIN/MOC
L-Band receiving chain
ESRIN
PAFs
1,8 m Ø

• ERS
• ALOS
• LANDSAT
• SPOT
• TERRA
• AQUA
• SEASTAR
• NOAA

USERS
S/X-Band receiving chains
CREPAD
10 m Ø
Archiving and processing chains
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - EUMETSAT

• MSG BRGS (Back-up Ranging Ground Station)
• Continuous support 24h/365d
• Telemetry and Telecommand (TTC)
• Ranging Ranging Calibration
• Monitoring and Control
• Electrical, mechanical and electronic
  maintenance
• MSG-1 y MSG-2 satellites

Telecommand
Transmission (S-Band)
C O M M S
EUMETSAT MCC Darmstadt, Germany MSG-1,2
Rng Data
Ranging
Control
Reception (S-Band)
Telemetry
9,3 m Ø
FT
MC
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CURRENT PROGRAMS COSPAS-SARSAT

• COSPAS-SARSAT PROGRAM
• Search And Rescue (SAR) support
• 24h/365d operations
• Mission Control Centre (MCC) and Local User
  Terminal (LUT)
• Nodal MCC

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CURRENT PROGRAMS COSPAS-SARSAT
By the end of 2006, 776 people had been rescued
within the SPMCC Service Area with the
assistance of Cospas-Sarsat alert data
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - JAXA

• JAXA PROGRAM
• Electrical, mechanical and electronic
  maintenance
• 10 m. S-Band Antenna, self contained shelter

JAXA NETWORK
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - HISPASAT

• HISPASAT
• Remotely controlled
• TLM reception, TC transmission and ranging in Ku
  Band
• Electrical, mechanical and electronic
  maintenance
• HISPASAT and AMAZONAS

HISPASAT ANTENNAE
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - CREPAD
Center for REception, Processing, Archiving and
Dissemination of Earth Observation Data and
products

• Main goals
• Central processing and archiving
• facility in Spain for remote sensing data
• Promote the use of Earth Observation Data
• Make easier the ID in Earth Observation Data

CREPAD Third party missions as AVHRR, SeaWifs,
MOS, Modis
EARS Reception and re-transmission to EUMETSAT of
ATOVS, AVHRR and ASCAT data of NOAA and METOP
satellites
SPOT SPOT Direct Reception Station of SPOT 4 and 5
E-PAC Spanish Processing Centre for ENVISAT of
MERIS data
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CURRENT PROGRAMS - CREPAD
CREPAD ingestion
Data storage
Thematic information
Data distribution (users)
Information (Internet)
EARTH OBSERVATION
Commercial users (town council urban
control)
Researchers (new applications)
(www.crepad.rcanaria.es)
Public administration users (Marine
pollution forest fire)
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CURRENT PROGRAMS HISDESAT
HISDESAT

• Remotely controlled
• TLM reception, TC transmission and ranging in
  S/X Band (16.4 m) and X Band (6.3 m)
• Electrical, mechanical and electronic
  maintenance

16.4 m TTC ANTENNA

• XTAR-EUR and SPAINSAT satellites
• SPAINSAT Back-up SCC
• SPAINSAT and XTAR-EUR Payload Monitoring Systems

6.3 m TTC ANTENNAE
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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE
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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• GENERAL DESCRIPTION

HIGHWAY
HELIPORT
NORTH
PERIMETER
EAST
MONTAÑA BLANCA HILL APROX. 150 m. ABOVE SEA LEVEL
ACCESS ROAD
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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ANTENNAE LOCATION
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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE
2. SECURITY

• Security supervisor
• Qualified security personnel
• Controls of all incoming and outgoing traffic
• Visitors controls
• Perimeter surveillance
• Periodic station check

MAIN ENTRANCE
SECURITY CHECKPOINT
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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• OPERATIONS BUILDINGS. MAIN BUILDING

• Two levels
• First floor with offices, toilets, conference
  and meeting rooms
• Second floor with offices and three main
  operational areas
• Earth Observation
• TTC
• Data Processing
• All rooms have temperature and
• humidity control

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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• OPERATIONS BUILDINGS. HISDESAT/CREPAD BUILDING

• Single floor level
• Two main equipment rooms
• HISDESAT Program
• CREPAD
• The equipment rooms have temperature and
  humidity control

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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• POWER SUPPLY. MAIN POWER PLANT

• Voltage 400/230 V 50 Hz
• The Power system has two buses
• Short break
• No Break
• Short break is fed from commercial power or
  diesel generators. Diesel generators response
  time 20-30 sec.
• No break is fed via three UPS (80 KVA each) with
  388 Lead batteries
• Three diesel generators 425 KVA each are
  available

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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• POWER SUPPLY. EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS

• In case of emergency situation (public and power
  plant generators supply failure) two more spare
  Diesel Generators are available in a service
  building
• Their capability are 600 and 400 KVA

Control Cabinets view
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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• COMMUNICATIONS

• Internal communication between different
  buildings and rooms of the station is made by
  means of telephones connected to an IBERCOM PBX
  through an internal network. A paging system for
  messages through loudspeakers installed around
  the station is also available
• External communications are through the national
  phone service provided by Telefónica de España
  S.A., all communications can be established
  between the station and national or international
  networks
• Data links exist using low speed lines through
  cables and optical links for high speed lines

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MASPALOMAS STATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• WAREHOUSE

• Sepárate from main buildings
• Air conditioned
• Available storage space
• Controlled IN/OUT storage

External front view
Internal view
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INSA STAFF AT MASPALOMAS STATION

• 39 Engineers and electronic technicians
• 5 Electromechanical technicians
• 2 Administrative clerks

Total INSA staff 46 people
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INSA ORGANIZATION CHART AT MASPALOMAS STATION
Maspalomas Station INSA Manager
Secretaries
Assistant Engineer
GENERAL FACILITIES Manager
ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE Manager
SOUTH MER OM Operation Manager
NORTH MER OM Operation Manager
COSPAS-SARSAT OM Operation Manager
HISDESAT OM Operation Manager
CREPAD OM Operation Manager







OM Engineers/ Technicians
OM Engineers/ Technicians
OM Engineers/ Technicians
OM Engineers/ Technicians
OM Engineers/ Technicians
OM Engineers/ Technicians
General Facilities Technicians
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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS
All data has been obtained from the Spanish
National Institute of Meteorology
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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• TEMPERATURE. MAXIMUM

• Maximum absolute registered temperature
  (2001-2006) 39.5 C
• Stable monthly maximum temperature behaviour
  throughout 6 years

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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• TEMPERATURE. MINIMUM

• Minimum absolute registered temperature
  (2001-2006) 10.7 C
• Stable monthly minimum temperature behaviour
  throughout 6 years

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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• HUMIDITY

Average Relative Humidity 71.4
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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• RAIN

• Snow and icing never present
• Rainfall only 102 mm average throughout 6
  years.
• Hail and thunderstorms very uncommon.

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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• WINDS. WIND SPEED

• Maximum absolute registered wind speed
  (2001-2006) 88 Km/h
• Maximum registered gust speed (2001-2006) 114
  Km/h

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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• WINDS. WIND DIRECTION

• Most commonlly in NNE direction, between 12
  and 23 from North

Wind Direction values in degrees
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ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS

• CLOUDINESS (at Gran Canaria Airport)

Average cloudiness (2001-2006) 3
TOTALLY CLOUDLESS SKY 0 TOTALLY OVERCAST SKY 8