San Fernando Satellite Laser Ranging Station

The San Fernando laser-ranging station is part of the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada in Spain. ILRS identifies the observing system as SFEL, station 7824. It provides satellite laser ranging from a fixed geodetic site at San Fernando. The coordinates shown are the reference position in the individual ILRS station profile, which also documents the system's tracking equipment and observing capabilities. Sources: [ILRS station profile](https://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/network/stations/active/SFEL_station_info.html); [ILRS operational station inventory](https://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/network/stations/active/index.html). Sources checked 17 October 2026.