Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station

Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station
Earth receiving dishes in 2008
Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station is located in Brittany
Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station
Location within Brittany
General information
TypeEarth station
LocationPleumeur-Bodou, Brittany
Coordinates48°47′06″N 3°31′26″W / 48.785°N 3.524°W / 48.785; -3.524
Construction started1961
Completed1962

Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station was an early ground station in north-west France, and one of the first in the world. It was the site of the first satellite transmission between the US and Europe in the early morning of 11 July 1962 (French time), lasting 19 minutes on the satellite's seventh orbit.[1]