Villafranca Station

Summary

Villafranca Station is a ground station^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (ground_station category, ranking #21 of 27).^[2]

Key Facts

• Villafranca Station is located in Villanueva de la Cañada^[3].
• Villafranca Station is in the country of Spain^[4].
• Villafranca Station's image is recorded as Villafranca VIL1 tracking station (17816412235).jpg^[5].
• Villafranca Station's instance of is recorded as ground station^[6].
• Villafranca Station's owned by is recorded as European Space Agency^[7].
• Villafranca Station's operator is recorded as European Space Operations Centre^[8].
• Villafranca del Castillo is named after Villafranca Station^[9].
• Villafranca Station's part of is recorded as ESTRACK^[10].
• Villafranca Station's part of is recorded as European Space Astronomy Centre^[11].
• +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Villafranca Station^[12].
• Villafranca Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.4426, 'longitude': -3.95158, 'precision': 0.011803533936524}^[13].
• Villafranca Station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011q40km^[14].
• Villafranca Station's official website is recorded as http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Estrack/Villafranca_station^[15].
• Villafranca Station's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+665'}^[16].
• Villafranca Station's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}^[17].

Body

Geography

Villafranca Station is in the country of Spain^[4]. It is located in Villanueva de la Cañada^[3]. Part of include ESTRACK^[10], a network of spacecraft communication facilities^[18], in Australia^[19] and European Space Astronomy Centre^[11], an organization^[20], in Spain^[21], founded in 1991^[22], headquartered in Madrid^[23].

Physical Characteristics

Villafranca Station's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+665'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Villafranca Station's instance of is recorded as ground station^[6].

History and Context

+1975-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Villafranca Station^[12]. Its owned by is recorded as European Space Agency^[7]. Villafranca del Castillo is named after it^[9].

Why It Matters

Villafranca Station draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (ground_station category, ranking #21 of 27).^[2]