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Stock #: 158708
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Andover
State: Maine (ME)
County: Oxford
Publisher: James R. Dunlop Inc.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Big “bubble,” or radome, at Andover earth station for commercial satellite communications is 18-stories high, weighs 20 tons. Radome covers antenna inside. Air pressure supports fabric structure, entered through air lock doors. Comsat, AT&T, Rica, ITT and Woe own the station, which is managed and operated by Comsat.

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