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MASPALOMAS – ESP2 station (Canary islands)

Location of Maspalomas station, in Canary islands – global view

          Name : ESP2

          Location : MASPALOMAS on the island of GRAN CANARIA

          Latitude : 27.72

          Longitude: -15.63

          Hosting : INTA site (Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial)

          Start-up : September, 25 2020

Location of the Maspalomas station on Gran Canaria Island
Location of the Maspalomas station on Gran Canaria Island
Location of the Maspalomas station on Gran Canaria Island, close-up view
Location of the Maspalomas station on Gran Canaria Island, close-up view

This station was installed on the roof of a building on the INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial) site.
A concrete slab was placed on the roof to house the station.

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Installation of the SVOM antenna on the INTA site
Installation of the SVOM antenna on the INTA site

This station can be configured to receive data from the NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 weather satellites. The reconstructed images make it possible to check the quality of the site and to identify possible degradations on the reception of the signals.

Image construted from the data sent by the NOAA18 satellite
Image construted from the data sent by the NOAA18 satellite
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