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Initially I assumed this was the same facility as made famous by the move "The Dish", but further reading seems to hint that that particular dish is 300km away
by cyberferret 9y ago
Initially I assumed this was the same facility as made famous by the move "The Dish", but further reading seems to hint that that particular dish is 300km away - is that right?
- femto 9y agoThere's a story there... Yes, the antenna made famous by "The Dish", as the antenna that received the first footsteps from the Moon is 300km away at Parkes. However, the movie took some license with the truth so the antenna that actually received the first footsteps and rightfully owns the fame was the Honeysuckle Creek antenna at the then NASA tracking station: which was a few kilometres away from the current Canberra Deep Space Tracking Complex at Tidbinbilla (the subject of the article). --- Edit: The Honeysuckle Creek antenna was moved to Tidbinbilla, where it saw further service and now remains as an historic landmark. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle_Creek_Tracking_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle_Creek_Tracking_Sta...
- bigiain 9y agoYep. https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/CSIRO+-+Tidbinbilla+-+Canberra+Deep+Space+Communication+Complex,+421+Discovery+Dr,+Paddys+River+ACT+2620/CSIRO+Parkes+Radio+Telescope,+Newell+Hwy,+Parkes+NSW+2870 https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/CSIRO+-+Tidbinbilla+-+Can...