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Description
Built in 1962, Bell System's ground station for communication by satellite was the largest air-inflated structure in the world at 161 feet high and 210 feet across.
It housed a sensitive antenna that picked up signals from the Telstar satellite and retransmitted them to allow quick communications by telephone and television to Europe.
About This Item
- Title: Andover Earth Station, ca. 1962
- Creator: Don Bristol
- Creation Date: circa 1962
- Subject Date: circa 1962
- Location: Andover, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4014
- Collection: Postcard collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Comsat station (Andover, Me.)
- Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication)
- Flags
- Log buildings--Maine--Andover
- Project Telstar
- Radomes--Maine--Andover
- Telecommunications industry--Maine--Andover
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