3-METER DISH ANTENNA SHAXIAN POSSIBLE SPACE TRACKING FACILITY, CHINA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 15, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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3-METER DISH ANTENNA
SHAXIAN POSSIBLE SPACE TRACKING FACILITY, CHINA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A 3-METER PARABOLIC DISH ANTENNA HAS BEEN
INSTALLED ON A PEDESTAL ATOP THE OPERATIONS/CONTROL BUILDING AT
SHAXIAN POSSIBLE SPACE TRACKING FACILITY.
2., (SWN) REMARKS: THIS ANTENNA MAY BE USED TO RELAY COMMANDS TO
CHINESE SATELLITES WHILE A PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED 10-METER
PARABOLIC DISH MAY BE USED TO TRACK GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES.
(SWN) POSSIBLE MOBILE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING TWO
CANVAS-COVERED POSSIBLE ANTENNA TRUCKS AND THREE POSSIBLE
TELEMETRY/TRACKING VEHICLES, IS ALSO PRESENT. AT LEAST THREE
VAN TRUCKS ARE NEAR A SUPPORT BUILDING JUST OUTSIDE THE
FACILITY. THE 3-METER PARABOLIC DISH ANTENNA AND THE MOBILE
ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT WERE NOT PRESENT
(SWN) A PEDESTAL WITH A POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL DOME IS 50
METERS SOUTH OF THE - LIC.DISH.. THE PEDESTAL WAS
FIRST OBSERVED
(SWN) THE SHAXIAN FACILITY, IN SOUTHEAST CHINA, IS SIMILAR TO
WEINAN PROBABLE SSM/SPACE TRACKING FACILITY
NEAR XIAN; HOWEVER, A 3-METER PARABOLIC DISH HAS NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED AT WEINAN. THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THESE TWO
FACILITIES PROBABLY WILL BE TO TRACK, RECEIVE TELEMETRY FROM,
AND RELAY COMMANDS TO CHINESE SATELLITES.
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