Canary Islands Special Event

Juanjo, EA8BGO, will activate the special event station ED8BGO from the Canary Islands' Space Center, February 16th.

The Maspalomas Space Station is a center of Spanish
satellite tracking under the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) and operated jointly with INSA.1.

Officially called the "Canary Space Center," although it is a little known appellation even among the staff of INTA.
It is located in the municipality of San Bartolome de Tirajana on the Island of Gran Canaria, just a few miles from the tourist resort of Maspalomas.

For more details about the center, read Juanjo's comments on QRZ.com at:
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=236802

Also go to:
http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Operations/
SEMWPDSMTWE_0.html

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