Facility Information
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| IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:observatory.arecibo::1.1
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| NAME |
Arecibo Observatory
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| TYPE |
Observatory
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| DESCRIPTION |
Arecibo Observatory is an educational facility funded by the National Science Foundation and called Arecibo C3 (Arecibo Center for Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Science Education, Computational Skills, and Community Engagement). From its opening in 1963 to 2016, when the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) became operational in China, Arecibo's dish made it the world's largest single-aperture radio antenna. In 2020 the antenna was irreparably damaged when its supporting cables failed and the receiving/transmitting equipment fell into the reflecting surface. The Observatory includes a 12-m remote dish antenna (previously used for very-long baseline interferometry with the main antenna), a LIDAR for probing the Earth's upper atmosphere, and the Ángel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center.
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| ADDRESS |
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center HC 3 Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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| COUNTRY |
USA
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| INVESTIGATION(S) |
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| TELESCOPE(S) |
Arecibo Observatory 305-m Fixed Spherical Reflecting Antenna
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