Cebreros
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Cebreros is a municipality in the Ávila
province, Castile-Leon in Spain
. As of 2002 it had a population of 3,223 and an area of 137 km².
Cebreros is known for being the birthplace of Adolfo Suárez
, Spain's first democratically elected prime minister. It is also the host of the ESTRACK
Cebreros Station
for the European Space Agency
.
Ávila (province)
Ávila is a province of central-western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered on the south by the provinces of Toledo and Cáceres, on the west by Salamanca, on the north by Valladolid, and on the east by Segovia and Madrid. Ávila has a...
province, Castile-Leon in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. As of 2002 it had a population of 3,223 and an area of 137 km².
Cebreros is known for being the birthplace of Adolfo Suárez
Adolfo Suárez
Adolfo Suárez y González, 1st Duke of Suárez, Grandee of Spain, KOGF is a Spanish lawyer and politician. Suárez was Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and the key figure in the country's transition to democracy.-Parents:He is a son of...
, Spain's first democratically elected prime minister. It is also the host of the ESTRACK
ESTRACK
The European Space Operations Centre operates a number of ground-based space-tracking stations for the European Space Agency known as the European Space Tracking network. The stations support various ESA spacecraft and facilitate communications between ground operators and scientific probes such...
Cebreros Station
Cebreros Station
Cebreros Station is an INSA-operated, ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft located 90 km from Madrid, Spain. A 35-metre diameter antenna that receives in X- and Ka-bands is located at the site...
for the European Space Agency
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
.