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Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network
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<h2 id="stations">Stations</h2> <p>STADAN stations were located in the following areas around the world: </p> <ul><li>AGO: <a href="/facts/Santiago%2c_Chile/JfuaYt26">Santiago, Chile</a></li> <li>BDA: <a href="/facts/Cooper%2527s_Island%2c_Bermuda/xgChwoS9">Cooper's Island, Bermuda</a></li> <li>BUR: <a href="/facts/Johannesburg%2c_South_Africa/DQd9T8FY">Johannesburg, South Africa</a></li> <li>CRO: <a href="/facts/Carnarvon%2c_Western_Australia/tU1dpr0v">Carnarvon</a>, Australia</li> <li>EGF: <a href="/facts/East_Grand_Forks%2c_Minnesota/0YIx7koz">East Grand Forks, Minnesota</a>, US</li> <li>ETC: <a href="/facts/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center/WfoEKknM">Goddard Space Flight Center</a> in <a href="/facts/Greenbelt%2c_Maryland/x56geTIz">Greenbelt, Maryland</a>, US - Network Operations Control Center</li> <li>FtM <a href="/facts/Fort_Myers%2c_Florida/I2Vm5eUd">Fort Myers, Florida</a>, US</li> <li>GDS: <a href="/facts/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex/1y6sRUtq">Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex</a> in <a href="/facts/Goldstone%2c_California/1y6sRUtq">Goldstone, California</a>, US</li> <li>NFL: <a href="/facts/Pouch_Cove/X9bc8n2P">Shoe Cove</a>, <a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador%2c_Canada/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada</a> (<a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Spacecraft_Tracking_and_Data_Acquisition_Network¶ms=47_44_28_N_52_43_15_W_&title=Shoe+Cove">47°44′28″N 52°43′15″W / 47.74111°N 52.72083°W / 47.74111; -52.72083 (Shoe Cove)</a></li> <li>ORR: <a href="/facts/Orroral_Valley_Tracking_Station/Cn42YoId">Orroral Valley Tracking Station</a> in <a href="/facts/Canberra%2c_Australia/V2PldFRs">Canberra, Australia</a></li> <li>PAK: <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a></li> <li>QUI: <a href="/facts/Quito%2c_Ecuador/M6UU8dgA">Quito, Ecuador</a></li> <li>ROS: <a href="/facts/Rosman%2c_North_Carolina/VTUbnxye">Rosman, North Carolina</a>, US</li> <li>TAN: <a href="/facts/Tananarive%2c_Madagascar/BL0GbhWp">Tananarive, Madagascar</a></li> <li>ULA: <a href="/facts/Fairbanks%2c_Alaska/AbtuJ82z">Fairbanks, Alaska</a>, US</li> <li>WNK: <a href="/facts/Winkfield%2c_England/tUxTdYDx">Winkfield, England</a></li> <li>Ascension: <a href="/facts/Ascension_Island/pgbL66x9">Ascension Island</a>, (<a href="/facts/South_Atlantic_Ocean/EI4uChIb">South Atlantic Ocean</a>)</li> <li>Barstow: <a href="/facts/Barstow%2c_California/yc7j1aVe">Barstow, California</a>, US</li> <li>Brown: <a href="/facts/Brown_Field%2c_California/yy6fJnGJ">Brown Field, California</a> near <a href="/facts/Chula_Vista/kMmR3g0w">Chula Vista</a>, US</li> <li>Chile: <a href="/facts/Antofagasta%2c_Chile/jhBU3bMr">Antofagasta, Chile</a></li> <li>Cooby: <a href="/facts/Cooby_Creek_Tracking_Station/SBuEH3Su">Cooby Creek Tracking Station</a> in <a href="/facts/Toowoomba%2c_Queensland/LALVSbFH">Toowoomba, Queensland</a>, Australia</li> <li>Crete: <a href="/facts/Crete%2c_Greece/VSqxTU9u">Crete, Greece</a></li> <li>Lima: <a href="/facts/Lima%2c_Peru/YrHEnS3R">Lima, Peru</a></li></ul> <h2 id="later-developments">Later developments</h2> <p>Most of the STADAN stations were phased out in the early 1980s, as the <a href="/facts/Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite_System/u01Poe4x">Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System</a> (TDRS), took over most of the work of tracking satellites in <a href="/facts/Low_Earth_orbit/rq1TwayJ">low Earth orbit</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Another network, the <a href="/facts/Deep_Space_Network/IcapMQTR">Deep Space Network</a> (DSN), interacted with crewed craft higher than 10,000 miles from Earth, such as the <a href="/facts/Apollo_program/IC1Ek1Ao">Apollo</a> missions, in addition to its primary mission of data collection from deep space probes. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/NASCOM/WxVsSN9n">NASCOM</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750071915_1975071915.pdf">"STDN User's Manual"</a> - <a href="/facts/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center/WfoEKknM">Goddard Space Flight Center</a>, (NASA-TM-X-72932) STDN User's Manual N75-78163, Baseline Document (NASA) 124 pages, UNCLAS 00/98 03939</li> <li><a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19670008308_1967008308.pdf">GSFC X-202067-26</a> William R. Corliss (1967). Evolution of the Satellite Tracking And Data Acquisition Network (STADAN).</li> <li><a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750002909_1975002909.pdf">NASA CR-140390</a> - William R. Corliss (June 1974). Histories of the Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN), the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN), and the NASA Communications Network (NASCOM).</li> <li><a href="https://history.nasa.gov/STDN_082508_508%2010-20-2008_part%201.pdf">NASA SP-2007-4233</a> - Sunny Tsiao (2007). "Read You Loud and Clear!" The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bfec.us/bfectxt8.htm">Network stations list</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hiddennewfoundland.ca/#!shoe-cove-tracking-station/buhwn">STADAN Station in Shoe Cove, Newfoundland</a></li> <li><a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19740014777/downloads/19740014777.pdf">"NASA Directory of Observation Station Locations"</a> - <a href="/facts/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center/WfoEKknM">Goddard Space Flight Center</a>, (NASA-TM-X-69902) NASA Directory of Observation Station Locations, 274 pages</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>STDN User's Guide, Baseline Document, Rev. 2, Goddard Spaceflight Center: Greenbelt, MD, May 1974, p. 1-1 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>STDN User's Guide, Baseline Document, Rev. 2, Goddard Spaceflight Center: Greenbelt, MD, May 1974, p. 1-9 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Tracking-station closings scheduled," Science News, Vol. 117, No. 2. (Jan. 12, 1980), p. 27. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>