Gatineau Satellite Station
satellite ground station
The Gatineau Satellite Station is a Canadian satellite station located in Cantley near Gatineau, in the province of Québec. Like the Prince Albert Radar Laboratory, it was originally a military Radar station, operated by the Canadian Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE), a division of the Canadian Defense Research Board. With the two satellites / radar stations, it is possible to monitor the whole airspace over Canada, as well as parts from the USA and Alaska.
Tasks and equipment
The plant, which is still operated today, is primarily used as an earth station. It has a large factory building and a 13-meter-diameter satellite antenna, replacing two old 10-meter-diameter antennas in June 2014.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Gatineau Satellite Station” as satellite ground station. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as satellite ground station. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 19, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q1340010. Authority coordinates are 45.585, -75.808. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.
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