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Landkreis Bad Kissingen

Hammelburg

Fuchsstadt Earth Station

Landkreis Bad Kissingen

Hammelburg

Fuchsstadt Earth Station

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Fuchsstadt Earth Station

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Location: Hammelburg, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Söhni 🏃

June 5, 2017

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The earth station Fuchsstadt with more than 50 parabolic antennas is widely visible in the Saale valley. Operator of the radio station is the American group Intelsat and it serves as a ground station for communication with news satellites.

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Gerhard H.

July 10, 2019

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The earth station was built by the German Federal Post Office and is currently operated by the US company Intelsat. It is one of the largest satellite communication systems in the world.

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MS 🚴‍♂️

July 16, 2024

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The Fuchsstadt earth station is an earth station in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen in the municipality of Fuchsstadt. It was built by the German Federal Post Office and is now operated by the US company Intelsat. The Fuchsstadt earth station serves as a ground station for communication with communications satellites and enables, among other things, satellite-based telephone calls, Internet connections and television broadcasts. Until the 1990s, Fuchsstadt was an important hub in the global communications network; this importance has been lost because the vast majority of continental and intercontinental messages are now exchanged via fiber optic cables.

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