These stations were managed and operated by the Weapons Research Establishment of the Australian Department of Supply on behalf of NASA.

[1] Muchea was equipped with a "VERy LOng Range Tracking" (VERLORT) S band radar operating between 2700 and 2900 MHz.

[2] It was also equipped with acquisition aid tracking systems, telemetry reception, and air-to-ground voice communications facilities.

Information about the range, bearing and elevation of the spacecraft was automatically relayed to the Goddard Space Flight Center by teleprinter.

Although the Muchea Tracking Station no longer exists, the Shire of Chittering has erected a small display about its history.