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ISS Ground Stations and Capabilities COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD Posted: November 20, 2000 U.S. and Russian flight controllers can communicate with the international space station through ground sites and NASA's Tracking and Data Relay System satellites. Below is a list of active U.S. and Russian ground sites and the capabilities of each. The locations of each ground station can be used by satellite tracking programs to show when the space station will be in range of a specific site. See the Satellite Tracking Elements page for additional details
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At a Glance Mission 1: ISS-2R Vehicle: Soyuz Crew: Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev Launch date: Oct. 31, 2000 Launch time: 0753 GMT (2:53 a.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Return vehicle: Shuttle Discovery (STS-102) Landing date: Mid-March 2001 Landing site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Mission 2: ISS-5A (STS-98) Vehicle: Shuttle Atlantis Crew: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins Launch date: Feb. 7, 2001 Launch time: 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 GMT) Launch site: LC-39A, KSC Landing date: Feb. 20, 2001 Landing time: 12:27 p.m. EST (1727 GMT) Landing site: SLF, KSC
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