# Geoscience Australia
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["ga.gov.au"]
- **country**: Australia
- **website**: https://www.ga.gov.au
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"ga.gov.au\"]","country":"Australia","website":"https://www.ga.gov.au"}

## Editorial
Geoscience Australia is Australia's national geoscience agency, responsible for government geoscience, spatial data, and Earth observation ground-segment services.[^ga-about-page] In EO, it operates the Alice Springs Satellite Ground Station and supports regional reception and distribution of Landsat, NOAA, Terra/Aqua, Copernicus Sentinel, and Suomi-NPP data.[^ga-ground-station-page] GA also runs national satellite-data analysis services using long archives of Landsat and Sentinel observations for Australian government, industry, and community users.[^ga-dea-page] Its space role combines ground infrastructure, positioning, and data services: GA operates SouthPAN signal and positioning infrastructure, while the GEO spacecraft capacity is leased transponder capacity rather than a GA-owned or GA-operated satellite.[^ga-ground-station-page][^ga-southpan-page]

## Sources
- [ga-about-page] | About Geoscience Australia | https://www.ga.gov.au/about | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [ga-ground-station-page] | Our satellite and ground station network - Geoscience Australia | https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/space/our-satellite-and-ground-station-network | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [ga-dea-page] | Digital Earth Australia - Geoscience Australia | https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/dea | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [ga-southpan-page] | SouthPAN - Geoscience Australia | https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/positioning-navigation/positioning-australia/about-the-program/southpan | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [ga-wikipedia] | Geoscience Australia - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoscience_Australia | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20

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