NEW RADIO TELESCOPE OPENED.—Britain’s new radio telescope at the Radio and Space Field Station at Chilbolton, Hampshire, which was recently opened by Mr C. A. Crosland, Secretary of State for Education and Science. Its purpose is to study the earth’s atmosphere and interplanetary space. The aerial, 82ft high and weighing 430 tons, is fully steerable.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31348, 19 April 1967, Page 22
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55NEW RADIO TELESCOPE OPENED.—Britain’s new radio telescope at the Radio and Space Field Station at Chilbolton, Hampshire, which was recently opened by Mr C. A. Crosland, Secretary of State for Education and Science. Its purpose is to study the earth’s atmosphere and interplanetary space. The aerial, 82ft high and weighing 430 tons, is fully steerable. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31348, 19 April 1967, Page 22
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