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    The ESA Optical Ground Station (OGS Telescope or ESA Space Debris Telescope) is the European Space Agency's ground based observatory at the Teide Observatory...
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    Album. Asteroid 284891 Kona, discovered by astronomers at the ESA Optical Ground Station in 2009, was named after the Hawaiian district. The official naming...
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    mission planning; Ground Station Network (GSN). The GSN shall be made up of a mix of ESA ESTRACK stations and commercial stations as Vigil has a specific...
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    the first LEO-to-ground laser-communication downlink from JAXA's OICETS LEO satellite and NICT's optical ground station. In 2008, the ESA used laser communication...
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  • observations were carried out by the Višnjan Observatory (L01), ESA Optical Ground Station (J04), and Cerro Tololo Observatory (807). The asteroid was identified...
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    telescope, installed in 1991. OGS Telescope: 1 m European Space Agency optical ground station for satellite communications, built in 1998. STARE Telescope: 10 cm...
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    South Pole Station (U.S.) at the Geographic South Pole. It is jointly operated by scientists from France and Italy and regularly hosts ESA scientists...
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    responsible for the ground segment in particular. In 2021, the company was also awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission...
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    Vonputtkamer, discovered by Matthias Busch and Rainer Kresken at the ESA Optical Ground Station in 2009, was named in his honor. The official naming citation...
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  • mounted on the ESA's Optical Ground Station telescope in order to observe the disintegration of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. "ESA's new camera follows...
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