Arecibo Radio Telescope, Arecibo

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492 ft

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Arecibo Radio Telescope

Route 625 Bo. Esperanza
Arecibo PR United States
http://www.naic.edu/

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Finished	1963

Building Uses

- communication

Structural Types

- other

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Description
• The Arecibo radio telescope is currently the largest single-dish telescope and tallest one in the world.
• Architect: William E. Gordon
• The support cables collapsed in 2020 and the receiver platform fell down.

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