VSOP Ground Radio Telescope and
Tracking Station codes


Last modified: July 1998

Code ......... Telescope.................................... Size (m)..... Location..........
AR Arecibo 305 Puerto Rico
AT AT Compact Array 6x22 Australia
BL Bear Lakes Russia
BR VLBA-Brewster 25 USA
CM Cambridge 32 UK
EB Effelsberg 100 Germany
FD VLBA-Fort Davis 25 USA
GB Green Bank 43 USA
GO Goldstone 70 USA
HH Hartebeesthoek 26 South Africa
HN VLBA-Hancock 25 USA
HO Hobart 26 Australia
JB Jodrell Bank (Lovell) - 1.6 GHz 76 UK
JB Jodrell Bank (Mk II) - 5 & 22 GHz 26 UK
KA Kashima 34 Japan
KL Kalyazin Russia
KP VLBA-Kitt Peak 25 USA
LA VLBA-Los Alamos 25 USA
MC Medicina 32 Italy
MH Metsahovi 14 Finland
MK VLBA-Mauna Kea 25 USA
MP Mopra 22 Australia
NL VLBA-North Liberty 25 USA
NO Nobeyama 45 Japan
NT Noto 32 Italy
ON Onsala - 22 GHz 20 Sweden
ON Onsala - 1.6 & 5 GHz 25 Sweden
OV VLBA-Owens Valley 25 USA
PA Parkes 64 Australia
PT VLBA-Pie Town 25 USA
RO Madrid 70 Spain
SC VLBA-Saint Croix 25 USA
SH Shanghai 25 China
TI Tidbinbilla 70 Australia
TR Torun 32 Poland
UD Usuda 64 Japan
UR Urumqi 25 China
VLBA VLBA 10x25 USA
WB WSRT 14x25 Netherlands
Y VLA-27 27x25 USA
GZ Goldstone Tracking Station USA
NZ Green Bank (NRAO) Tracking Station USA
RZ Robledo Tracking Station Spain
TZ Tidbinbilla Tracking Station Australia
UZ Usuda Tracking Station Japan


A full list of two-letter observatory codes is being maintained by Barry Clark.


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