AWS Ground Station Cape Town

AWS Ground Station Cape Town is a satellite ground station with a 5.5 m dish operated by Amazon Web Services in South Africa (-33.925°, 18.424°). It supports X-band, S-band downlinks down to a 5° elevation mask. It sustains roughly 500 Mbps of downlink throughput.

Station specifications

Operator
Amazon Web Services
Location
South Africa
Coordinates
-33.9249°, 18.4241°
Altitude
20 m (WGS84)
Bands
X-band, S-band
Dish diameter
5.5 m
Elevation mask
Sustained downlink rate
500 Mbps
Status
active

Frequently asked questions

Where is the AWS Ground Station Cape Town ground station?

AWS Ground Station Cape Town is located in South Africa at -33.9249°, 18.4241°, 20 m above the WGS84 ellipsoid.

What frequency bands does AWS Ground Station Cape Town support?

AWS Ground Station Cape Town supports X-band, S-band for satellite downlink and TT&C, at a sustained downlink rate of about 500 Mbps.

Who operates AWS Ground Station Cape Town?

AWS Ground Station Cape Town is operated by Amazon Web Services.

Which satellites can AWS Ground Station Cape Town downlink?

Use PassPrediction to estimate which satellites AWS Ground Station Cape Town can downlink, and the end-to-end image-delivery latency for each pass.

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