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A
facility
or
system
designed to communicate with
aircraft
or
spacecraft
, including
satellites
. Situated on the ground, hence its name; however, ground stations can be placed on ships or other
seagoing
objects without losing the designation. A ground station is usually the location of the
transmitter
and
receiver
apparatus which perform this function; this may be separate from the actual
antenna
, although typically it includes all three. If the signal is originating elsewhere on the surface and being
relay
ed through a transmitter/receiver, the ground station is
not
the signal origin but the transmitter/receiver and antenna. For example, when
NASA
talks to its manned spacecraft,
CAPCOM
is typically in
Houston
, Texas but the signal is (usually) being relayed through one or more ground stations for transmission to the spacecraft.
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NASA
Federally Funded Research and Development Center
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
Houston
Capcom
Radio beam guidance system
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