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Cebreros Station

Coordinates: 40°27′10″N 4°22′03″W / 40.4528°N 4.3676°W / 40.4528; -4.3676
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ESTRACK station at Cebreros, Spain

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.

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