[1] Two antennas are located at the site: A 15-meter one that receives in X- and S-bands along with smaller 1.3-meter X-band acquisition aid antenna.
Additional facilities provide tracking, telemetry, telecommand and radiometric measurements.
Station is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the town of Kourou and 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Guiana Space Centre.
During its routine operations it is used for Launch and Early Orbit Phase communication as well as control of the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory.
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