China to lose access to Australian space tracking station

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China to lose access to Australian space tracking station

Cuts into expanding navigational capabilities in the Pacific.

China will lose access to a strategic space tracking station in Western Australia when its contract expires, the facility's owners said, a decision that cuts into Beijing's expanding space exploration and navigational capabilities in the Pacific region. The Swedish Space Corporation ...

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