The new 5.5m tracking station on Santa Maria island was formally inaugurated into the ESTRACK network yesterday. The station will be used to track Ariane launch trajectories and will also be capable of tracking Vega and Soyuz, as well as ongoing Earth observation missions, including ESA's ERS-2 and Envisat.

Boosting capability: Santa Maria station joins ESTRACK tracking station network

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