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ESTRACK Cebreros webcam
 
The outdoor webcam at ESA's Cebreros deep space tracking station was switched on in September 2005, shortly after the station's inauguration.
 
The live Cebreros webcam image is below. It will automatically refresh every 60 seconds:

 
 
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Note: Image refreshes 24h/day - if the image is black, it's night at Cebreros, Spain.
 
 
Cebreros facts and figures
 

  • Dish diameter - 35 metres
  • Structure height - 40 metres
  • Overall weight - 630 tons

 
 
Construction
 
Cebreros was completed in September 2005 after two years' construction by an industrial consortium led by the Canadian company SED Systems; Spanish firms Esteyco and Necso built the antenna tower infrastructure, and LV Salamanca was responsible for building refurbishment.

The total cost of the station amounts to €30 million, €22 million of which covers the antenna.

The Cebreros antenna incorporates state-of-the-art technology which provides some advantages compared to the New Norcia facility, ESA's first deep space antenna. For instance, the Cebreros data acquisition capacity is higher, due to the fact that it receives signals in the Ka band (31.8 - 32.3 GHz). Cebreros also has a higher pointing accuracy, with a maximum error of 6.0 milligrade degrees.

In normal conditions, the antenna is remotely operated from the Tracking Control Centre located at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany.
 
 

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