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  • ESA's 15 m-diameter dish antenna at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), near Madrid, which has been upgraded to use the new SARAS technology (Photo: ESA/Isdefe)
    Space
    New SARAS system speeds up satellite tracking
    A new system called SARAS, which is a Spanish acronym for "Fast Acquisition of Satellites and Launchers," more than doubles the effective area of the receiving dish antenna, allowing signals from satellites to be acquired much faster.