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Landsat Ground Station (Gs) Identifiers LSDS-547 Version 12.0 Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey LANDSAT GROUND STATION (GS) IDENTIFIERS Version 12.0 April 2019 LANDSAT GROUND STATION (GS) IDENTIFIERS April 2019 Document Owner: ______________________________ Steven Labahn Date Landsat International Ground Station Network Manager U.S. Geological Survey Approved By: ______________________________ Stephen Zahn Date Landsat Ground System CCB Co-chair U.S. Geological Survey Approved By: ______________________________ Steven Labahn Date Landsat Ground System CCB Co-chair U.S. Geological Survey Approved By: ______________________________ James Lacasse Date Landsat Ground System CCB Co-chair U.S. Geological Survey EROS Sioux Falls, South Dakota - ii - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 Executive Summary This document contains a list of all Landsat Ground Station (GS) Identifiers. The Landsat Ground System (GS) Configuration Control Board (CCB) controls this document. Please submit changes to this document, as well as supportive material justifying the proposed changes, via a Change Request (CR) to the Process and Change Management Tool. - iii - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 Document History Document Document Publication Change Number Version Date Number CCR 3660 LS-PD-24 1.0 June 2005 LCCR 257 September LCCR 289 LS-PD-24 2.0 2005 LCCR 291 LS-PD-24 3.0 January 2007 LCCR 323 LS-IC-04 4.0 August 2007 LCCR 363 LS-IC-04 5.0 January 2013 DCR 1037 LSDS-547 6.0 March 2014 CR 11085 LSDS-547 7.0 April 2015 CR 12187 September LSDS-547 8.0 CR 12586 2015 LSDS-547 9.0 April 2016 CR 13039 LSDS-547 10.0 October 2016 CR 13352 LSDS-547 11.0 February 2018 CR 13996 LSDS-547 12.0 April 2019 CR 14825 - iv - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................... iii Document History .................................................................................................. iv Contents .................................................................................................................v List of Tables ......................................................................................................... vi Section 1 Landsat Ground Station (GS) Identifiers .............................................1 1.1 Ground Station (GS) Identifiers.....................................................................1 References..............................................................................................................6 - v - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 List of Tables Table 1-1. GS Status Definitions ................................................................................1 Table 1-2. GS Identifiers ...........................................................................................5 - vi - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 Section 1 Landsat Ground Station (GS) Identifiers 1.1 Ground Station (GS) Identifiers Table 1-2 contains a list of the Landsat GS identifiers. The Landsat GS identifiers list is an all-inclusive list that contains active, inactive, historical, and proposed ground stations as defined in Table 1-1. Category Mission Status Ground Station Status Active active active Inactive active previously active but currently inactive Proposed active -or- inactive proposed but not currently active Historical inactive ground station was active -- n/a n/a Table 1-1. GS Status Definitions For detailed information describing the interfaces between the International Cooperators (ICs), the Mission Operations Center (MOC), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, refer to the documents listed in the References section. - 1 - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 GS ID Description Landsat 1 Landsat 2 Landsat 3 Landsat 4 Landsat 5 Landsat 7 Landsat 8 Landsat 9 AAA North America (receiving site unknown) Historical Historical Historical Historical Historical -- -- -- ABG Awutu Bawjiase, Ghana -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- ABN Abuja, Nigeria -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- AGS Poker Flat, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Inactive -- -- ASA Alice Springs, Australia -- Historical Historical Historical Historical Active Active Proposed ASK Astana, Kazakhstan -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- ASN Alice Springs, Australia (LGN station) -- -- -- -- Historical Active Active Proposed ATG Atlanta, Georgia, USA (test site) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- AWE Aswan, Egypt -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- BIK Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan -- -- -- -- Historical -- -- -- BJC Beijing, China -- -- -- -- Historical Inactive Active Proposed BKT Bangkok, Thailand -- Historical Historical Historical Historical Inactive Inactive -- BOC Bogotá, Colombia -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- CBA Canberra, Australia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CHM Chetumal, Mexico -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed Proposed CLT Chung-Li, Taiwan -- -- -- -- Historical -- -- -- CBN Cuiabá, Brazil (proposed LGN station) -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- COA Córdoba, Argentina -- -- -- -- Historical Active Active Proposed CPE Cotopaxi, Ecuador -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- CUB Cuiabá, Brazil Historical Historical Historical Historical Historical Active Active Proposed DJK Daejeon, Korea -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DKI Parepare, Indonesia -- -- -- -- Historical Active Active Proposed DUB Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DVU Dunaivtsi, Ukraine -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed Proposed DWA Darwin, Australia -- -- -- -- -- Proposed Proposed -- EDC Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA -- -- -- -- Historical Active -- -- EV1 Eagle Vision 1 -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- -- EV3 Eagle Vision 3 -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- -- EV4 Eagle Vision 4 -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- -- FAK Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Historical Historical Historical -- -- -- -- -- FFF Foreign station (non-North American) -- -- -- Historical Historical -- -- -- FUI Fucino, Italy Historical Historical Historical Historical Historical Inactive -- -- - 2 - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 GS ID Description Landsat 1 Landsat 2 Landsat 3 Landsat 4 Landsat 5 Landsat 7 Landsat 8 Landsat 9 GDS Goldstone, California, USA Historical Historical Historical -- -- -- -- -- GLC Gilmore Creek, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- Historical -- Active Proposed GMD Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Historical Historical Historical -- -- -- -- -- GNC Gatineau, Canada -- -- -- Historical Historical Inactive Proposed Proposed HAJ Hatoyama, Japan -- Historical Historical Historical Historical Inactive -- -- HCA Datron testing in California, USA -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- HIJ Hiroshima, Japan -- -- -- -- -- Inactive -- -- HCV Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed Proposed HLV Hoa Lac, Vietnam -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- HNV Hanoi, Vietnam -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed Proposed HOA Hobart, Australia -- -- -- -- Historical Inactive -- -- IKR Irkutsk, Russia -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- ISP Islamabad, Pakistan -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- IVC Inuvik, Canada -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed Proposed JSA Hartebeesthoek, South Africa -- Historical -- Historical Historical Active Active Proposed (aka Johannesburg) KHC KaShi, China -- -- -- -- Historical -- Active Proposed KIS Kiruna, Sweden -- Historical Historical Historical Historical Active Active Proposed KLM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- KMC Kunming, China -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- KUJ Kumamoto, Japan -- -- -- -- -- -- Inactive -- LBG Libreville, Gabon -- -- -- -- Historical Inactive Inactive Proposed LGN Landsat 8 Ground Network (original source one of following: -- -- -- -- -- -- Active Proposed LGS, ASN, NSN, GLC, SGS) LGS Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA -- -- -- -- Historical -- Active Proposed LUZ Lusaka, Zambia -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed Proposed MCM Mexico City, Mexico -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- MGR Magadan, Russia -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- MGS McMurdo, Antarctica -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MLK Malindi, Kenya -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- MOR Moscow, Russia -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- - 3 - LSDS-547 Version 12.0 GS ID Description Landsat 1 Landsat 2 Landsat 3 Landsat 4 Landsat 5 Landsat 7 Landsat 8 Landsat 9 MPF Montpelier, France -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- MPS Maspalomas, Spain -- -- -- -- Historical Inactive Proposed -- MTI Matera, Italy -- -- -- -- Historical Active Active Proposed NOK Norman, Oklahoma, USA -- -- -- -- Historical -- -- -- NPA North Pole, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Active -- -- NP1 North Pole, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Active -- -- NP2 North Pole, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Active -- -- NP3 North Pole, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Active -- -- NP4 North Pole, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Active -- -- NP5 North Pole, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Active -- -- NRK Nairobi, Kenya -- -- -- -- Historical -- -- -- NSG Neustrelitz, Germany -- -- -- -- Historical Active Active Proposed NSN Neustrelitz, Germany (LGN station) -- -- -- -- -- -- Active Proposed NWN Noordwijk, Netherlands -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- OHA O’Higgins, Antarctica -- -- -- -- Historical -- -- -- PAC Prince Albert, Canada Historical Historical Historical Historical Historical Inactive Active Proposed PBB Playback (not real-time downlinked) -- -- -- -- -- -- Active Proposed PFS Poker Flat, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Inactive -- -- PF1 Poker Flat, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Inactive -- -- PF2 Poker Flat, Alaska, USA -- -- -- -- -- Inactive -- -- PUC Punto Arenas, Chile -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- RPI Rumpin, Indonesia -- -- -- -- -- Active Active Proposed RSA Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- -- -- -- Historical -- Proposed -- SAC Santiago, Chile -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- SEK Seoul, South Korea -- -- -- -- -- -- Proposed -- SGI Shadnagar,
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