The Martian filmed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena. This Pasadena laboratory stands in for the film's satellite communications center. On screen it's Satellite Communications Center.
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
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