🔭 Ghana Satellite Earth Station

Ghana · Africa · 5.75°N, 0.31°W

Quick facts

Country	Ghana
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	5.75°N, 0.31°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	640 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+0 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 05:48, sets 17:42 — 11 h 54 min of daylight

Ghana Satellite Earth Station is located in Ghana, in Africa.

Closest observatories

Oukaïmeden Observatory — 2,938 km away, in Morocco
Temisas Astronomical Observatory — 2,941 km away, in Spain
Teide Observatory — 3,034 km away, in Spain
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes — 3,157 km away, in Spain
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope — 3,157 km away, in Spain

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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