Kourou Station

{{Short description|Satellite conunication's support station}}

Kourou Station (also known as Kourou 93) is an ESTRACK satellite ground station in French Guiana.{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Kourou_station|title=Kourou Station|publisher=ESA|accessdate=14 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804004301/http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Kourou_station|archivedate=4 August 2014}} 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 {{convert|27|km|mi}} from the town of Kourou and {{convert|19|km|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. In 2009 new station for a support of Galileo satellites was inaugurated in Kourou Station.{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Inauguration_of_site_of_Galileo_station_at_Kourou|title=Inauguration of site of Galileo station at Kourou|publisher=ESA|date=20 November 2009|accessdate=14 August 2014}}