African Ground Segment & Earth Station Network

Comprehensive intelligence on Earth observation receiving stations, TT&C ground control networks, meteorological downlinks, and deep space facilities

380 Verified Stations

Total Ground Stations

380

Cumulative verified antenna tracking stations & teleports across the continent

African Countries

53of 54 States

53 African nations with active space ground segments or telemetry accords

Operational Stations

34991.8% Share

Active tracking, telemetry and satellite payload downlink nodes

Local Nodes

8221.6% Share

Indigenous ground infrastructure owned & operated by national space agencies

Data Type

5Specialties

Earth Observation, Communication, Seismic, Navigation, Meteorological

Top African CountriesPrimary Telemetry Hubs

Ranked by antenna dishes, downlink stations & teleports. Click a country to filter.

Top 10

Ranked by operational authority and telecommunication mandates

GMES & Africa (MESA)142 stations37.4%
Local82 stations21.6%
GMES & Africa (PUMA)57 stations15.0%
Not specified50 stations13.2%
Foreign46 stations12.1%
Djiboutian Centre for Studies and Research (CERD)1 station0.3%
Ministry of Environment and Tourism1 station0.3%
Ministry of Higher Education and Research and Djiboutian Space Agency (not yet formally created)1 station0.3%

Availability and readiness lifecycle across sites. Click a status to filter.

Active34991.8%Under Dev71.8%Inactive246.3%

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Distribution across telemetry receiving, control, and multi-mission tracking archetypes

Data Receiving Station330 stations 86.8%

Ground Control & Data Receiving Station41 stations 10.8%

Ground Control Station7 stations 1.8%

Not specified2 stations 0.5%

Focal operational technology & data types. Click a type to filter.

6 Domains

Value

Active

349

91.8%

Under Dev

1.8%

Inactive

6.3%