European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Phillip Tardani of in. Madrid Spac. Unit. Navy Captain Thomo. Domol. and chief Dinicu plan. In Mon lag. Of by Wallace Beenes a Madrid Burma or fucked away in a hidden Valley 1 not Jar from the famous Spanish Palace of Al a Coral is a riling Monu ment to us space officially a a deep space instrumentation Acyl Ltd the huge elec. Tronic Eye u the taint link in the worldwide network of the National aeronautics and space administration that will be watching when men Start novae inc to the Multi Mllton Dollar outpost is be Ina constructed in the Foothills of the Guadarrama mountains is Miles rom Madrid so that electrical interference tear the City will not to picked up by the equipment. This is the Firth Slit Ion to be con explained Phillip tur Danl. Head of the deep space network opera Tiona in Madrid the others Are to ated to California. Johannesburg. South thursday april j9. 1965 Africa and two in Australia. The station dominated by a huge us foot parabolic Antenna is scheduled to be operational by july 1 and will be used two weeks later when Mariner 11 passes Mars in one of the deep space responsibility Tor the design and construction of the site rests with the . Navy. The officer in charge is Navy Cape t. J. Dumont. The Jet propulsion Laboratory jul operated by the Cali fornia Institute of technology. Is in charge of the deep space network. The facility is being reeled under a 10-year agreement with the Spanish government and eventually May be turned Over to the Host nation for operation. Three Spanish engineers Al ready have been assigned to the project. There will be 70 men assigned to the station and about 70 per cent of these will be tardy no explained. To get the men we need it is necks. Sary to build these Sites reasonably close to a City with school facilities for the families along with establishing the radar Lookout Post the builders also must pro vide a communications network thai will connect with the Central station in the United Stales. The deep space stations Are located 120 degrees apart in Longitude or ounce the world to provide continuous cover ago of space missions while tin Jarlli spins. There is nothing classified about the space stations but they Are nut open to the Public because of the highly technical work involved. One of the buildings will House the Hydraulic pump that drives the Antenna Cardinl explained. The Hydraulic drive is used instead of electricity because of the noise Factor the monstrous dish of the Antenna a made from perforated panels of steel that Are designed to withstand High winds and other forces of nature while receiving the incredibly delicate signals that will Chart the path of the space vehicles. At first the station will be operated Only 12 hours Domy. But will be open around the clock when the Day comes for several space probes to be going on at the same time. Facilities at the site will include emergency sleeping a Mirler but no permanent housing. One of the Many problems faced by the engineers and the Navy was gelling the heavy equipment to the a Carloni of the site so that construction could addition to the site the Nasa net work also is maintaining on office in mad i l. The stars and stripes Page ii
