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Description
A postcard shows the giant Radome that covers an antenna to receive satellite transmissions.
Bell Telephone System built the receiver-transmitter in Andover in 1962 as part of its Telstar project to use satellites to communicate telephone and television signals overseas.
When built, the Radome was the largest air-inflated structure in the world. It was 161 feet high and 210 feet across. Made of fabric and synthetic rubber, it would cover three acres if laid flat.
About This Item
- Title: Earth Station Radome, Andover, ca. 1962
- 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)
- Project Telstar
- Radomes--Maine--Andover
- Telecommunications industry--Maine--Andover
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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