Instrument Host Information
INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID OBS338T6
INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME GOLDSTONE COMPLEX 70-M STEERABLE PARABOLIC RADIO TELESCOPE
INSTRUMENT_HOST_TYPE EARTH BASED
INSTRUMENT_HOST_DESC
Instrument Host Overview
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    Operational 1988+; formerly 64-m tel.; Mars Station
 
    GROUP                        = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS
      OBSERVATORY_ID             = 'OBS338'
      NAME                       = 'GOLDSTONE COMPLEX'
      COUNTRY                    = 'USA'
      ADDRESS                    = 'P.O. Box 997;
                                    Barstow, California'
    END_GROUP                    = OBSERVATORY_PARAMETERS
 
    GROUP                        = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS
      TELESCOPE_ID               = 'T6'
      NAME                       = '70-M STEERABLE PARABOLIC RADIO TELESCOPE'
      APERTURE                   = 70 
      LONGITUDE                  = -116.888649 /* -116 53 19.14 E */
      LATITUDE                   =   35.425919 /* +35 25 33.3 */
      ALTITUDE                   = 1032 
      COORDINATE_TYPE            = 'Geodetic - North American (1927) datum'
    END_GROUP                    = TELESCOPE_PARAMETERS
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