Malargüe tracking station powered up
Under construction: Malargüe station.
On 29 November, the power plant at ESA's new 35m deep space station in Malargüe was connected to the public power network. The key construction milestone was overseen by the Governor of Argentina's Mendoza Province and the Mayor of Malargüe. A power line was specially deployed to the DSA3 site by the same local company that built the power plant to the highest quality standards. Connecting power was one of the last major milestones before lifting the huge 35 m-diameter antenna onto the station support, set for early in December.
Related links
- Track ESA satellites
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Track_ESA_missions/index.html - Kiruna station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Kiruna_station - Kourou station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Kourou_station - Maspalomas station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Maspalomas_station - Perth station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Perth_station - Redu station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Redu_station - Santa Maria station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Santa_Maria_station - Villafranca station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Villafranca_station - New Norcia - DSA 1
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/New_Norcia_-_DSA_1 - Cebreros - DSA 2
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Cebreros_-_DSA_2 - Malargüe - DSA 3
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Malarguee_-_DSA_3 - Svalbard station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Svalbard_station - Dongara station
http://www.prioranet.com/?id=9843 - TrollSat station
http://www.ksat.no/Products/Trollsat.htm - Santiago station
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Santiago_station - South Point station
http://www.prioranet.com/?id=9855 - ESTRACK ground stations
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESTRACK_ground_stations - Malargüe webcam
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESTRACK_Malarguee_webcam - Malargüe location
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=malargue,+mendoza,+argentina&sll=2.108899,22.5&sspn=177.14747,360&ie=UTF8&ll=-35.474092,-69.581909&spn=3.198446,7.13562&t=h&z=8 
Tracking station videos
http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?&keyword=cebreros&idf=+--%3E+ID&Vc=on&subm3=GO- Venus Express operations
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Venus_Express_operations - Mars Express operations
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Mars_Express_operations - Rosetta operations
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Rosetta_operations - Delta DOR
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Delta_DOR - GPS Tracking & Data Analysis Facility
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/GPS_Tracking_Data_Analysis_Facility - Cebreros Deep Space Ground Station brochure (PDF)
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/esoc/esoc_cebreros_brochure.pdf - ESA's New Cebreros Station Ready to Support Venus Express (ESA Bulletin, Nov 2005)
http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bulletin124/bul124f_warhout_martin.pdf - ESA reaches out into deep space from Spain (ESA Bulletin May 2004)
http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bulletin118/chapter2_bul118.pdf