Yatharagga
area in Western Australia
Yatharagga is an area associated with a homestead in the mid west of Western Australia (WA) near Yarragadee Station. It is located about 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Mingenew and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of Geraldton.
The area is also associated with two Australian Earth stations and a geodetic observatory with space related tracking systems at the West Australian Space Centre.
Homestead
The Yatharagga is a homestead listed by the Gazetteer of Australia.
Yatharagga Satellite Station
Yatharagga Satellite Station also known as West Australian Space Centre 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. It commenced operations under SSC in 2012.
Dongara Satellite Station
Dongara Satellite Station is adjacent to Yatharagga Satellite Station, and acts as mutual backup to the site. It is also part of the Swedish Space Corporation, but is owned by the US subsidiary.
Yarragadee Geodetic Observatory
Near the homestead is Geoscience Australia's Yarragadee Geodetic Observatory. It hosts and operates NASA's MOBLAS 5 Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station 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.
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