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Location | Kuntunse, Greater Accra Region, Ga West Municipal District, Ghana |
Coordinates | 5°45′01″N 0°18′19″W / 5.75028°N 0.30514°W |
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The Ghana Satellite Earth Station is the largest satellite station in Ghana. The satellite station is situated at Kuntunse, on the Accra - Nsawam Road,[1][2] a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. The satellite station has five receiver dishes:
The station is managed by Vodafone Ghana, after the Ghana government partnered with the Vodafone telco company.
In 2017 it was announced the 32-meter (105 feet) former communications antenna has begun work as an astronomical radio telescope. The telescope's "first light" science observations included methanol maser detections, pulsar observations and VLBI fringe testing.[3][4]