Stanford Dish
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Stanford Dish
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The Stanford Dish, known locally as the Dish, is a radio antenna in the Stanford foothills. The 150-foot-diameter (46 m) dish was built in 1961 by the Stanford Research Institute. The cost to construct the antenna was $4.5 million, and was funded by the United States Air Force. In the 1960s the Dish was used to provide information on Soviet radar installations by detecting radio signals bounced off the moon. Later on, the Dish was used to communicate with satellites and spacecraft. With its uniq
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Dish
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2023-05-07T15:23:37Z
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