Mercury Satellite Communications Ground Station
by Science Photo Library
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Mercury Satellite Communications Ground Station
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Science Photo Library
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Satellite ground station. The dishes transmit and receive telephone conversations to communications satellites in orbit about the Earth. The satellites relay the signals to similar ground stations around the globe. This installation is the Whitehill Satellite Communications Centre. It is operated by Mercury Communications as part of their telephone network in Britain. It is situated in a disused quarry near Enslow in Oxfordshire, England.
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September 24th, 2018
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