A number of historic and current
Earth (or ground) stations in
Australia
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are used to communicate and track human-made satellites.
Many of the sites are associated with overseas government partnerships established generally with the
United States,
European Union, and
Japan
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. They are generally run by various
Australian Government agencies along with
NASA,
European Space Agency
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or the
US Military.
List of sites
Treaties
A number of
treaties and other instruments associated with the stations:
References
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