The two Grade Nine classes were given a tour of the facility as part of their science lesson on communication, specifically on sound communication and electromagnetic waves.
Science teacher, Barbara Anatau, said one of the outcome objectives is to illustrate to the students how telecommunication has contributed to the socio-economic development of the country.
The Gerehu Earth Station is a ground-based transmitting/receiving station in a satellite communications system. The counterpart to the earth station is the satellite in orbit, which is the "space station".
