GOONHILLY TWO, THE SPACE SATELLITE STATION in Cornwall, which is Britain’s latest and largest space communications station. It was built by the Marconi Company for the British Post Office. The 90ft-diameter space dish will carry up to 400 telephone circuits and a television programme at the same time. It operates through the recently-launched Intelsat 111 satellite over the Atlantic. The completed aerial structure weighs nearly 1000 tons and carries equipment cabins containing transmitters, receivers, and ancillary equipment.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31908, 8 February 1969, Page 7
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77GOONHILLY TWO, THE SPACE SATELLITE STATION in Cornwall, which is Britain’s latest and largest space communications station. It was built by the Marconi Company for the British Post Office. The 90ft-diameter space dish will carry up to 400 telephone circuits and a television programme at the same time. It operates through the recently-launched Intelsat 111 satellite over the Atlantic. The completed aerial structure weighs nearly 1000 tons and carries equipment cabins containing transmitters, receivers, and ancillary equipment. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31908, 8 February 1969, Page 7
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