tracking station

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Taiwan's official Central News Agency said a weather tracking station on Orchid Island recorded Taiwan's strongest wind in 126 years as the typhoon hit late Wednesday.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

Forest Service to fund and install a $10,000 tracking station at Bear Divide.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023

He worked ground electronics at a tracking station near Madrid, Spain, with stations also in Australia and California, to keep continual track of the signal sent by the spacecraft.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022

She caught the space bug early: Her late father worked at NASA’s tracking station in Guam during the Apollo moon landings.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2021

As the craft flew overhead, it telemetered a torrent of data to the closest tracking station, everything from its speed and altitude to its fuel level and the astronaut’s heart rate.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly