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<creationDate>2022-10-18T16:38:00Z</creationDate>
<lastModificationDate>2025-01-16T11:58:00Z</lastModificationDate>
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<name>EISCAT Remote receiver station, Kiruna, Sweden</name>
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<description>The EISCAT receiver station in Kiruna was hosted by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) until its decommissioning in 2024.
The 32 m receiver antenna was part of the fully steerable tristatic UHF radar 1981-2012 and of the tristatic VHF radar 2012-2024.
The ionosonde of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics is also located at this station.</description>
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