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Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)

Active South Africa flag South Africa Est. 1961

Overview

The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) is Africa’s premier facility for radio astronomy and space geodesy. While it shares a location with the SANSA Space Operations ground station, HartRAO is a separate scientific research facility. It was part of NASA's Deep Space Station of 1961 given over to the SA government in 1975 and now used for radio astronomy research.

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