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

The Chinese currently operate a space tracking station on Tarawa atoll in Kiribati.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2022

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

The capsule’s signal bounced from one tracking station to the next as the orbit proceeded, like a very fast and expensive game of telephone, constantly communicating its position and status.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly