Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Satellite Earth Station
gptkbp:antennaType over 60
gptkbp:area 164 acres
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:county gptkb:Cornwall
gptkbp:expansion Deep space communications for ESA and NASA
gptkbp:formerOperator gptkb:BT_Group
gptkbp:heritageStatus Grade II listed (Arthur antenna)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
gptkbp:latitude 50.0506
gptkbp:location gptkb:Goonhilly_Downs
gptkbp:longitude -5.1833
gptkbp:notableAntenna gptkb:Arthur
gptkb:Guinevere
gptkb:Merlin
gptkb:Galahad
gptkbp:notableEvent Received first live transatlantic television signals via Telstar
gptkbp:notableFor World's largest satellite earth station complex (historically)
gptkbp:opened 1962
gptkbp:operator Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd
gptkbp:purpose Satellite communications
Radio astronomy
Deep space communications
gptkbp:status Operational
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:BBC_television_broadcasts
Apollo mission communications
Live Olympic Games broadcasts
gptkbp:website https://www.goonhilly.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Lizard_Peninsula
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7