Earth Satellite Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Earth Satellite Station by Stuart Wilding as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Earth Satellite Station
Image: © Stuart Wilding Taken: 8 Apr 2006
Madley is one of five BT satellite earth stations in the UK. The other four are at Goonhilly, London Docklands, Martlesham in Suffolk and in Aberdeen. All are connected by fibre optic cable and overland microwave radio links to BT's nationwide broadcast and communications network. The largest dishes here are 32m.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.034678
Longitude
-2.843991