Andover Earth Station

USA / Maine / Andover / Roxbury Notch Road
 telecommunication, satellite/space tracking station
Land was purchased in January 1961, and construction of the complex began on May 1. Building construction was completed and the equipment was installed in February 1962. The Ground Station was operational in the Spring of 1962. AT&T and Bell Labs initiated, funded, constructed and took the leadership to make this project possible.

The Andover Earth Station was equipped with a giant horn antenna, 7 stories high and weighed 340 tons. To protect it from bad weather, a radome made of Dacron covered the antenna. It was 160 feet (49 m) high, 210 feet (64 m) wide and weighed 30 tons.

www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/intelsat-1.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andover_Earth_Station
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Coordinates:   44°38'11"N   70°41'46"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago