Yatharagga Satellite Station also known as West Australian Space Centre[1] is owned and run by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)'s subsidiary SSC Space Australia, and services a number of government agencies and commercial organisations.
Near the homestead is a facility MOBLAS 5 Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station[2] originally established by an agreement between the United States of America and Australia effective 27 June 1978 to establish a NASA Temporary Mobile Satellite Laser Tracking Facility.
[3] Near the MOBLAS facility is a DORIS (geodesy) beacon, launched by France's CNES.
[4][5] A US Navy telescope is located adjacent to the MOBLAS 5 SLR.
It is also part of the Swedish Space Corporation, but is owned by the US subsidiary.