Island Lagoon
- Local Government Area
- Unincorporated SA
- Postcode
- 5713
- Area
- 729.87 km²
- Coordinates
- -31.4577, 136.6880
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Weather
Loading weather…
About Island Lagoon
The Island Lagoon Tracking Station (Deep Space Station 41), an Earth station in Australia, was the first deep space station to be established outside of the United States, near Woomera, South Australia in November 1960. This area was chosen as the Australian government was working with the government of the United Kingdom on rocket and satellite research at the nearby Woomera Rocket Range. The tracking station began as a trailer installation, and was operational in time for the International Geophysical Year of 1957.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Pimba 24 km
- Woomera 35 km
- Mahanewo 40 km
- Oakden Hills 48 km
- Lake Macfarlane 51 km
- Arcoona 56 km