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WST- New Norcia Deep Space Ground Station Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/10/2017
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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New Norcia Deep Space Ground Station

Rising out of the surrounding landscape, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Deep Space Station (DSA-1) near New Norcia provides routine support to spacecraft and can spot rockets as they race out of the atmosphere. It allows scientific data from spacecraft hundreds of millions of kilometres away to be collected and safely transmitted back to earth

DSA-1 is connected to the world. The station is remotely operated from Germany with additional on-site support as needed. It also forms part of a global network of stations. Combining the signals from two or more stations is called arraying. By working with Cerebros (DSA-2) in Spain and Malargüe (DSA-3) in Argentina it can provide continuous coverage for ESA missions regardless of the Earth's rotation.

This site is part of the Wheatbelt Science Trail and GeoTrail, you can find more information or other sites of interest across the region on the map.

 

The Mystery

The cache is located 2.5356km from DSA-1, 14648.2224km from DSA-2, and 12586.259km from DSA-3 and is a small sistema hidden near a tree

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pbbeqvangrf znl abg or fcbg ba qrcraqvat ba lbhe zrgubq gb fbyir, ohg vs lbhe jvguva +/-10z gur purpxre jvyy tvir lbh gur svany. Vs lbhe bhgfvqr guvf hc gb 2xz gur purpxre jvyy tvir lbh n uvag.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)