http://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=OverviewOverview - Revision history2026-04-18T11:55:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.7.1http://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3653&oldid=prevPaul at 05:42, 28 March 20122012-03-28T05:42:12Z<p></p>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">OTC dishes and buildings to form the nucleus of the [[<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Western Australian </span>Space Museum <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Carnarvon</span>]]. </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">OTC dishes and buildings to form the nucleus of the [[<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Carnarvon </span>Space <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">& Technology </span>Museum]]. </td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Although this is still under development, it is hoped that it will eventually provide a full record of WA's </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Although this is still under development, it is hoped that it will eventually provide a full record of WA's </td></tr>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3650&oldid=prevPaul at 05:18, 28 March 20122012-03-28T05:18:09Z<p></p>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3611&oldid=prevPaul at 01:33, 25 November 20112011-11-25T01:33:23Z<p></p>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">[[Image:Southern End.jpg|none||frame|size 1000x500px|'''The southern end of the CRO site''': At the top is the T&C building with the USB dish to its right and, further right facing south, the two Troposcatter dishes. In the centre, from the left, are the Power Station, UHF Command, and the SPAN facility. At the bottom right are the GRARR antennas with their colimation tower in the bottom right corner. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">To the north, off </span>picture left, is the FPQ-6 radar.]]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">[[Image:Southern End.jpg|none||frame|size 1000x500px|'''The southern end of the CRO site''': At the top is the T&C building with the USB dish to its right and, further right facing south, the two Troposcatter dishes. In the centre, from the left, are the Power Station, UHF Command, and the SPAN facility. At the bottom right are the GRARR antennas with their colimation tower in the bottom right corner. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Off </span>picture left <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">to the north</span>, is the FPQ-6 radar.]]</td></tr>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3609&oldid=prevPaul at 01:28, 25 November 20112011-11-25T01:28:09Z<p></p>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">This </span>site complements the book written by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. Together, the book and website tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Principally, this </span>site complements the book written by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. Together, the book and website tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA.</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[[ Western Australia in Space|WA in Space]] - </span>other Space projects that have taken place<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">, and still are taking place, </span>in Western Australia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small [[NASA Muchea Tracking Station]] near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small [[NASA Muchea Tracking Station]] near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td></tr>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3486&oldid=prevPaul at 02:54, 15 August 20112011-08-15T02:54:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the book written by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. Together, the book and website tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the book written by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. Together, the book and website tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small Muchea Tracking Station near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[[NASA </span>Muchea Tracking Station<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">]] </span>near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">From 1963 until its closure in 1975 the Carnarvon <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Space </span>Tracking Station supported a </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">From 1963<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">, </span>until its closure in 1975<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">, </span>the <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">NASA </span>Carnarvon Tracking Station supported a </td></tr>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3485&oldid=prevPaul at 02:44, 15 August 20112011-08-15T02:44:25Z<p></p>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">forthcoming </span>book by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Book </span>and website <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">together will </span>tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the book <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">written </span>by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Together, the book </span>and website tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td></tr>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3372&oldid=prevPaul at 08:22, 25 February 20102010-02-25T08:22:14Z<p></p>
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<tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Carnarvon's role in Space did not end there, however. In 1966 the Overseas Telecommunication Commision, Australia, had established the nearby [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)|OTC Station]] - Australia's first. Later it assumed a tracking role for the European Space Agency. Its last major function was the prime command role for the Giotto mission's rendezvous with Halley's Comet in March 1986. This station closed in 1987.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Carnarvon's role in Space did not end there, however. In 1966 the Overseas Telecommunication Commision, Australia, had established the nearby [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)|OTC Station]] - Australia's first. Later it assumed a tracking role for the European Space Agency. Its last major function was the prime command role for the Giotto mission's rendezvous with Halley's Comet in March 1986. This station closed in 1987.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Since then Carnarvon Shire Council and other groups <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">have worked </span>together to convert the remaining </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Since then Carnarvon Shire Council and other groups <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">are working </span>together to convert the remaining </td></tr>
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Paulhttp://www.carnarvonspace.com/wiki/index.php?title=Overview&diff=3371&oldid=prevPaul at 08:20, 25 February 20102010-02-25T08:20:14Z<p></p>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the forthcoming book by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Both book </span>and website will tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the forthcoming book by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town'</I></B>. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Book </span>and website <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">together </span>will tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population just over 2000, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small Muchea Tracking Station near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small Muchea Tracking Station near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the forthcoming book by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'One giant leap for a town<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">: Carnarvon and Apollo</span>' </I></B>. Both book and website will tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">2500</span>, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">This site complements the forthcoming book by Paul Dench and Alison Gregg; <B><I>'<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Carnarvon and Apollo: </span>One giant leap for a <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">small Australian </span>town'</I></B>. Both book and website will tell the extraordinary story of how Carnarvon (population <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">just over 2000</span>, in the remote northwest of Australia) became the location for the world's largest space tracking station outside mainland USA. Read how and why this happened, and celebrate the work of the [[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">[[NASA Carnarvon Tracking Station]] (call-sign '''CRO'''), the [[OTC Satellite Earth Station (Carnarvon)]] established to ensure reliable communications for '''CRO''', the life and times of Carnarvon people during those exciting years, and brief histories of other Space projects that have taken place in Western Australia.</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small Muchea Tracking Station near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Public interest in Space research in Western Australia had grown from the early 1960s, spurred on by the work of the small Muchea Tracking Station near Perth and the excitement of seeing for the first time satellites orbiting overhead. On 20 February 1962 Perth achieved fame as 'The City of Light' when Astronaut John Glenn described seeing the lights of Perth left burning through the night to welcome him.</td></tr>
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