Sputnik-era antenna gets 21st century upgrade

Friday, August 8, 2008 - 11:56 in Earth & Climate

A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of key observations thanks to a recently completed renovation.

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