satellite station norwegian commonly abbreviated satellite ground station located queen land antarctica earth station owned joint venture located area research station research station operated maintains earth station started operations march officially opened january earth station serves low earth orbit satellites consists meter antenna capable band band reception information relayed meter meter band operations control carried norway satellites include system coordinated norway combined offer twice orbit history established research station station took surrounding mountains resemble norse mythology time proposals establish earth station lack year activity stranded plans instead established serve earth station nasa selected high latitude allows satellites orbit kilometers use single ground station download orbit facility opened april originally owned established jointly operate norwegian authorities decided extend operations antarctica establishing year research station norway country territorial claim antarctica year research station continent construction carried december february ease logistics norway took initiative establish land air network cooperation countries bases queen land transport costs permanent opened february basis agreement signed specified space centre install built provide power undertake maintenance exchange freely use earth station transmission needs commercial activities carried concern raised satellite violate treaty station started operations march officially opened prime minister norway operation owned operated equally owned owned tied particular operator satellites communicate multiple satellites reducing costs compared dedicated ground stations typical satellite data delivered end customer thirty minutes operates polar ground stations low earth orbit leo satellites norway ground stations able communicate leo satellites stations customers download data twice orbit times day minute maximum delay ground station connected connected allows communicate satellites operation center responsible backup scheduling conflict resolution facility uses shared ground services common protocol communication similar design increase flexibility reduce costs risk sees fraction business private thirty ground stations satellite navigation system norway main contribution project serves satellites facilities located eastern princess queen land bare ground area meters mean sea level completely surrounded ice sheet kilometers coast research station facilities owned government norway operation facility carried government agency station cold dry climate located desert annual mean temperature summer temperature able reach lowest winter storms occur year occasionally outdoor activity impossible targets satellites polar orbit consists single meter low earth orbit antenna capable band band reception relay information meter meter band provide second connection europe north_america
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