A number of historic and current Earth (or ground) stations in Australia are used to communicate and track human-made satellites. Many of the sites are associated with overseas government partnerships established generally with the

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, and Japan. They are generally run by various

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agencies along with

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, European Space Agency or the

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List of sites

Treaties

A number of

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and other instruments associated with the stations:

References

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