Space Operations New Zealand’s ground satellite station at Awarua near Bluff is now part of the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN), which improves the accuracy of GPS to within 10cm.
Awarua has long been a crucial part of New Zealand’s telecommunications links with the outside
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