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Listening for Venus Express

8 November 2005

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ESA's first 35-metre deep-space ground station is situated at New Norcia, 140 kilometres north of Perth in Australia. The 630 tonne antenna is being used to track Rosetta, Mars Express and Venus Express (during LEOP), as well as other missions in deep space. The ground station was officially opened on 5 March 2003 by the Premier of Western Australia, Hon Dr Geoff Gallop.

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First signal

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L-R: Kris Capelle, Daniel Firre, Luca Foiaelli, John Reynolds in Main Control Room. All four work as operations managers in ESOC's ground facilities section.

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