OTC Ceduna Satellite Earth Station

Point of Interest

Contact

Otc Road, The District Council of Ceduna, South Australia.

Description

Established in 1969, the Ceduna Satellite Earth Station, later taken over by Telstra, was the gateway between Australia and Europe for telephone and television communication. When the Station closed in 1994 Telstra donated it to the University of Tasmania for use as a radio astronomy observatory and is now operated remotely from Tasmania.

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Features

Location

Lat: -31.867852 Lng: 133.809661