Horn antenna, Andover, 1962
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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The horn antenna inside the radome at Andover, part of the first satellite communications system.
The Telstar satellite, launched in July 1962, sent and received communications signals to that were picked up by the Earth Station in Andover and similar stations in Pleumeur-Bodou, France, and Goonhilly Downs, England.
The system enabled the first live television transmissions across the Atlantic and later transmitted telephone signals as well.
Other Information
- Title: Horn antenna, Andover, 1962
- Creator: American Telephone & Telegraph Company
- Creation Date: 1962
- Subject Date: 1962
- Town: Andover
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 15.9 x 24.2
- Local Code: Photographs -- Andover; 1186-67-2-e
- 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
Earth stations (Satellite telecommunication)
Project Telstar
Telecommunications industry--Maine--Andover--Photographs
Antennas, Horn
Comsat station (Andover, Me.)--Photographs
Radomes--Maine--Andover
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