Diane Tracking Station
Kourou Station is an ESTRACK satellite ground station in French Guiana. Two antennas are located at the site: A 15-meter one that receives in X- and S-bands along with smaller 1.3-meter X-band acquisition aid antenna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Industry
- Description: satellite communication’s support station
- Also known as: “Diane Station”, “Diane tracking station”, “Kourou 93”, “Kourou Station”, and “Station de Télémesure Diane”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vega Launch Area and Ariane 4 Launch Area.
Vega Launch Area
ELV is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana supporting launches of the Vega and Vega C rockets. It was first built in November 1971 and was previously used to support launches of the Europa, Ariane 1 and Ariane 3 rockets. Vega Launch Area is situated 3½ km southeast of Diane Tracking Station.Ariane 4 Launch Area
Photo: Jef-Infojef, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Guiana Space Centre, also called Europe's Spaceport, is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Ariane 4 Launch Area is situated 4 km southeast of Diane Tracking Station.
Diane Tracking Station
- Category: ground station
- Location: Kourou, Arrondissement of Cayenne, Guyane, French Guiana, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.25155° or 5° 15′ 6″ northLongitude
-52.80502° or 52° 48′ 18″ westOperator
European Space AgencyOpen location code
68Q9752V+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 91256910OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q18126941
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Satellite Map
Discover Diane Tracking Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Slovenian—“Diane Tracking Station” goes by many names.
- French: “Kourou 93”
- French: “station de Kourou”
- French: “station Diane”
- French: “Station Diane”
- Italian: “Kourou 93”
- Italian: “Stazione di terra di Kourou”
- Slovenian: “Diane Station”
- Slovenian: “Kourou 93”
- Slovenian: “Kourou Station”
- Slovenian: “Postaja Diane”
- Slovenian: “Postaja Kourou”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kikiwi and Colibri.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Kourou and Ariane 6 Launch Complex.
French Guiana: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Diane Tracking Station”. Photo: DLR German Aerospace Center, CC BY 2.0.