Goonhilly, Post Office Satellite Communication Centre c.1968
Photo ref:
G184006
More about this scene
The space age came to Cornwall when this first dish, or antenna, was built in 1962; it received the first live television pictures via satellite from America. The second dish, seen in the background, was finished in 1968. In this early view there is minimal security fencing out on the heath of Goonhilly Downs. British Telecom now controls around 40 large and small communications dishes over a large site.
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