Telstar antenna model, Andover, 1962
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Item 25451
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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.
Other Information
- Title: Telstar antenna model, Andover, 1962
- Creator: J. A. Brady & Co.
- Creation Date: 1962
- Subject Date: 1962
- Town: Andover
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 19 x 24.3
- Local Code: Photographs -- Andover; 1186-67-2-g
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Antenna, Horn
Telecommunications industry--Maine--Andover--Photographs
Radomes--Maine--Andover
Comsat station (Andover, Me.)--Photographs
Project Telstar
Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication)
Models
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