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Cebreros Station (also known as DSA 2 or Deep Space Antenna 2) is an INTA-operated, ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft located about 10 km east of Cebreros and 90 km from Madrid, Spain. A 35-metre diameter antenna that receives in X- and Ka-bands is located at the site. Station code is "CEB".

It provides daily support to Venus Express and back-up to Mars Express, Rosetta and Cluster.

Two sister stations are New Norcia Station in Australia, and Malargüe Station in Argentina.

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40°27′10″N 4°22′03″W / 40.4528°N 4.3676°W / 40.4528; -4.3676

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 * [http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Cebreros_-_DSA_2 ESA webpage on ESTRACK, including links to all stations]
 * [http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Estrack_tracking_stations ESA/ESTRACK Cebreros station page]
+* [http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/ESTRACK_Cebreros_webcam Cebreros Station live webcam]
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