Map showing locations of ESA tracking (Estrack) stations as of 2017. Note this map is representational only and not all locations are shown with complete accuracy.
Blue indicates core ESA-owned stations operated by the Estrack Network Operations Centre (NOC) located at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany.
Orange indicates Augmented Estrack stations, procured commercially and operated on behalf of ESA by commercial entities.
Green indicates Cooperative Estrack stations owned and operated by external agencies, but regularly providing services to ESA missions on an exchange basis.
The ESA tracking station at Perth, Australia, was retired from service in December 2015. The ESA stations at Villafranca and Maspalomas, Spain, were transferred to industry in 2017.
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