Ground-station contact planner
Which ground stations can reach a satellite, when and for how long, with per-pass link margins.
Stations included
| Station | Operator | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Wallops | NASA | US |
| White Sands | NASA | US |
| Fairbanks (ASF) | NASA / UAF | US |
| McMurdo | NASA | Antarctica |
| Goldstone (DSN) | NASA | US |
| Canberra (DSN) | NASA | Australia |
| Madrid (DSN) | NASA | Spain |
| SvalSat | KSAT | Norway (Svalbard) |
| TrollSat | KSAT | Antarctica |
| Tromsø | KSAT | Norway |
| Hartebeesthoek | SANSA | South Africa |
| Kiruna | ESA | Sweden |
| Kourou | ESA | French Guiana |
| New Norcia | ESA | Australia |
| Malargüe | ESA | Argentina |
| Esrange | SSC | Sweden |
| Santiago | SSC | Chile |
| Inuvik | SSC / Canada | Canada |
| Uchinoura | JAXA | Japan |
| Bengaluru (ISTRAC) | ISRO | India |
| Kashi | CLTC | China |
| South Point, Hawaii | SSC | US |
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About the ground-station contact planner
For any satellite, see which ground stations (NASA, KSAT, ESA, SSC and others) can reach it, when, for how long and at what elevation, with a per-pass link budget and a contact schedule you can export.
- How long is a satellite pass?
- For a satellite in low Earth orbit, a pass over one ground station usually lasts 5 to 12 minutes, depending on how high it climbs in the sky.
- Why do polar ground stations get the most passes?
- Satellites in polar and sun-synchronous orbits cross near both poles every orbit, so stations like Svalbard and McMurdo see them on most of their roughly 15 daily orbits.
Data may be delayed. Not financial advice.