This Friday, January 20, the Portuguese Space Agency launched a tender for the operation of a 15-meter antenna dedicated to the command and control of satellites, installed in the Teleport on the island of Santa Maria, in the Azores Archipelago.
Interested parties should guarantee the commercial exploitation of the antenna with the aim of empowering the national space ecosystem, promoting the development of space sciences and technologies and the promotion of innovation and scientific employment, namely on the island of Santa Maria, thus contributing to leverage the spatial ecosystem of Santa Maria.
This high-performance 15-meter antenna is intended for control and command of satellites and space missions in the S-band and X-band, with performance similar to the European Space Agency’s 15-meter ESTRACK ground stations, and capable of missions outside Earth orbit.
Find more information here: https://ptspace.pt/portuguese-space-agency-launches-tender-for-satellite-command-and-control-operation-in-santa-maria/
