Description
Awarua Tracking Station is an Earth station commissioned by and used by the European Space Agency located on the Awarua Plain in Southland, New Zealand.[1] It was developed by Venture Southland, a joint committee of the Invercargill City Council, Southland District Council and Gore District Council.[2][3] The station tracks Ariane 5 launch vehicles following their launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana for the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) missions.