{"dataset":{"slug":"ground-stations","title":"Ground Stations","description":"Near-Earth network ground terminals, including the TDRS gateway at White Sands.","version":"1.0.0","lastGenerated":"2026-06-29","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","entityCount":4,"sources":["nasa"]},"entities":[{"id":"ground_station:alaska-satellite-facility","name":"Alaska Satellite Facility","type":"ground_station","domain":"science","description":"A high-latitude ground station in Fairbanks, part of NASA's Near Space Network, heavily used for polar-orbiting Earth-observation satellites.","entryPath":"/deep-space-network/station/alaska-satellite-facility"},{"id":"ground_station:svalbard","name":"Svalbard Satellite Station","type":"ground_station","domain":"science","description":"A high-latitude ground station at 78°N able to see every pass of a polar-orbiting satellite. Operated commercially by KSAT and used by NASA's Near Space Network.","entryPath":"/deep-space-network/station/svalbard"},{"id":"ground_station:wallops-ground-station","name":"Wallops Ground Station","type":"ground_station","domain":"science","description":"A NASA Near Space Network ground station on the US east coast, providing tracking and data services for near-Earth missions (distinct from the co-located Wallops launch range).","entryPath":"/deep-space-network/station/wallops-ground-station"},{"id":"ground_station:white-sands","name":"White Sands Complex","type":"ground_station","domain":"science","description":"NASA's primary ground terminal for the TDRS relay satellites, in New Mexico. Nearly all Space Network traffic — including from the ISS and Hubble — passes through White Sands.","entryPath":"/deep-space-network/station/white-sands"}]}