Chilbolton Observatory | radio telescope

United Kingdom / England / Andover /

observatory, radio telescope

Part of the Science & Technology Facilities Council, Chilbolton Observatory is home to the worlds largest fully steerable meteorological radar, , the 25-metre Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa) and is one of the worlds most advanced meteorological radar experimental facilities.

The facility is run by the Chilbolton Group of the Space Science and Technology Department at the world-famous STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.

Website: www.chobs.rl.ac.uk/

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Coordinates: 51°8'41"N 1°26'19"W

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