Dish Aerial at Goonhilly

COMM 6.011.tif

Title

Dish Aerial at Goonhilly

Subject

Earth Station
Aerial
Anno

Description

This dish is 90-feet across and is 'locked' onto a satellite 23,000 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. The surface of the dish is polished aluminium. The faint signals are reflected onto the centre of the tripod can be seen built onto the dish.

Photo courtesy of British Telecom.

Publisher

Morrab Library

Date

1970

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Print

Identifier

COMM 6.011

Coverage

Goonhilly

Original Format

photo

Business Name

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station

Period Costume

N

Geolocation