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NASA McMurdo Ground Station Typical Workload. NASA McMurdo Ground Station Typical Workload. NASA McMurdo Ground Station Typical Workload. NASA McMurdo Ground Station Mission Support Inventory. Current or prior missions in standard type Future missions in italics
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NASA McMurdo Ground Station Mission Support Inventory • Current or prior missions in standard type • Future missions in italics • Total NASA mission count = 20, since 1997 • Nearly all are science research or remote sensing satellites • Some are rocket launches and early orbit supports for science research or remote sensing satellites
NASA McMURDO GROUND STATION TYPICAL LAUNCH SUPPORT • December 21, 1999 launch of the KOMPSAT and ACRIMSAT research spacecraft into polar low earth orbit Vandenberg AFB, CA Launch Point KOMPSAT and ACRIMSAT Launch Ascent Trajectory McMurdo Station, Antarctica Launch Ascent Tracking Station