Red Lake, Woomera, South Australia

 

Mercury Space Tracking Network Station No. 9

Red Lake Tracking Station
and the flight of John Glenn onboard Friendship 7.

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In this section

Introduction to Red Lake

Red Lake Location

Site plans

Photos

Stills from film

About the FPS-16 Radar

Mission Audio (an older page)

Friendship 7 Flight Control team

Mercury Aeromedical Monitors

Installing Red Lake – and a visit to the station in 1990

Red Lake