Components

Network Stations

Functions of Network Stations in the IVS Terms of Reference

Map of Network Stations

Country (location of station) IVS Component Name (link to station web site)
IVS code (link to recent Annual Report)
8-letter name (link to configuration file) On-site Technical Contact Administrative Contact Sponsoring Organization
Antarctica ERS/VLBI Station O'Higgins OHIGGINS Walter Schwartz Torben Schüler Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG), Germany
Antarctica JARE Syowa Station SYOWA tbd Kazuo Shibuya National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
Argentina Observatorio Argentina-Alemán de Geodesia (AGGO) AGGO Hayo Hase Claudio Brunini Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG, Germany)
Australia Hobart, Mt. Pleasant Radio Observatory HOBART26 Brett Reid Brett Reid University of Tasmania
Australia Parkes Observatory PARKES John Reynolds Tasso Tzioumis CSIRO
Brazil Fortaleza, Radio Observatorio Espacial do Nordes (ROEN) FORTLEZA Macilio Lucena Pierre Kaufmann Centro de Radio Astronomia e Aplicacoes Espaciais
China Nanshan VLBI Station URUMQI Ali Yusup Wang Na Chinese Academy of Sciences
China Seshan SESHAN25 Liang Shiguang Huang Xinyong Joint Laboratory for Radio Astronomy (JLRA), CAS and Shanghai Observatory, CAS
Finland Metsähovi Radio Observatory METSAHOV Minttu Uunila Markku Poutanen Aalto University, Finnish Geodetic Institute
Germany Effelsberg EFLSBERG Uwe Bach Alexander Kraus Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Germany Geodetic Observatory Wettzell WETTZELL Gerhard Kronschnabl Torben Schüler Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) and Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodäsie der Technischen Universität München (FESG)
Italy Medicina MEDICINA Giuseppe Maccaferri Monia Negusini Istituto di Radioastronomia
Italy Noto (Sicily) NOTO Gino Tuccari Monia Negusini Istituto di Radioastronomia
Italy Matera MATERA Giuseppe Colucci Giuseppe Bianco Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Japan Kashima 34m KASHIM34 Eiji Kawai Mamoru Sekido National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Japan Key Stone Project Kashima 11m KASHIM11 Eiji Kawai Mamoru Sekido National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Japan Key Stone Project Koganei KOGANEI Eiji Kawai Mamoru Sekido National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Japan Tsukuba VLBI Station TSUKUB32 Ryoji Kawabata Ryoji Kawabata Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
Japan Mizusawa 10m MIZNAO10 Osamu Kameya Seiji Manabe National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
New Zealand Warkworth Observatory WARK12M Tim Natusch Sergei Gulyaev Auckland University of Technology
Norway Ny-Alesund Geodetic Observatory NYALES20 Trond Sandmo Piotr Kupiszewski Norwegian Mapping Authority
Russia Radioastronomical Observatory Badary BADARY Roman Sergeev Sergey Smolentsev Institute of Applied Astronomy RAS
Russia Svetloe Radio Astronomy Observatory SVETLOE Ismail Rahimov Sergey Smolentsev Institute of Applied Astronomy RAS
Russia Radioastronomical Observatory Zelenchukskaya ZELENCHK Andrey Dyakov Sergey Smolentsev Institute of Applied Astronomy RAS
Spain IGN Yebes Observatory YEBES Pablo de-Vicente Francisco Colomer Instituto Geografico Nacional
South Africa Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory HARTRAO Ludwig Combrinck and Jonathan Quick

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South Korea Sejong Station SEJONG Sangoh Yi Donghyun Baek National Geographic Information Institute (NGII)
Sweden Onsala Space Observatory ONSALA60 Rüdiger Haas Hans Olofsson Chalmers University of Technology
Ukraine Simeiz CRIMEA Alexandr Volvach Alexandr Volvach Laboratory of Radioastronomy of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
USA Goddard Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory GGAO7108 Ricardo Figueroa David Rubincam NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USA Westford Antenna, Haystack Observatory WESTFORD

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 Brian Corey NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USA Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory KOKEE Ron Curtis David Rubincam, Kerry Kingham NEOS

 

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