Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
A model of the Project Telstar antenna, the Bell System's experimental satellite communication project launched in 1962. In reality, the antenna is housed in a radome, a large bubble-shaped building, the back of which is visible in the model.
The actual antenna is 177 feet long, 90 feet high and weighs 340 tons.
The whole structure is anchored in bedrock in Andover.
About This Item
- Title: Telstar antenna model, Andover, 1962
- Creator: J. A. Brady & Co.
- Creation Date: 1962
- Subject Date: 1962
- Location: Andover, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 24.3 cm
- Local Code: Photographs -- Andover
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Antenna, Horn
- Comsat station (Andover, Me.)--Photographs
- Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication)
- Models
- Project Telstar
- Radomes--Maine--Andover
- Telecommunications industry--Maine--Andover--Photographs
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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