Radio Telescope Antennas

Images of large radio telescope antennas, showcasing their design and structure against clear skies, capturing both technical details and scenic backgrounds.

Radio telescope satellite dish of the Very Large Array, New Mexico, USA

Array/satellite dish facing upright

Australia, Canberra, radio telescopes of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

Work began on March 11, 2010 to replace a set of elevation bearings on the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif.

VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dish in twilight

Antenna for deep space exploration.

Under the unflinching summer sun, workers at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., use a crane to lift a runner segment that is part of major surgery on a giant, 70-meter-wide antenna.

Radio Telescope from the Max-Planck-Instituts fuer Radioastronomie in Bad Muenstereifel-Effelsberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Night time images of large, communication microwave dishes.

The Quad-band Large Aperture Antenna (QLAA) and Ground Multi-band Terminal (GMT) satellite dishes are used by space range operators during a CRIMSON SKIES exercise near Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 2, 2022. Hosted and the led by the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron, CRIMSON SKIES was the first Aggressor driven event in the "Aggressor Red Shade SKIES series." The exercise focused on training wideband military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) operators and crews to identify, react to, and resolve adversary interference on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation.

Anefo photo collection. Teleport Tower Amsterdam. Teleport satellite dish. April 15, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

A scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, Australia, in the Snowy mountains. The study is monitoring C02 exchange between the atmosphere and the soil on a grass

Radio telescope in a field, Very Large Array, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico, USA

Illustration of a satellite dish or electronic telescope pointing into the sky at the stars.

Satellite antennas searching for a signal over blue sky

Pulse Acquisition Radar (par). Radar for detecting goals at secondary height to a distance of a maximum of 120 km.3e group of led weapons in Blomberg.

Aflenz satellite-earth radio. Aflenz earth radio station. Parabol bowl antennas. Austria. Aflenz satellite-earth radio. Aflenz earth radio station. Parabol bowl antennas. Austria.

The Very Large Array radio telescope consists of 27 large dish antennas, the facility is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, on the Plains of San Agustin in Datil, western New Mexico, USA, North America

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A Radio Receiver of the Submillimeter Array Atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea

CARMA - Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy, is an array of radio telescopes in California's White Mountains. This is one of the world's most recent arrays of radio telescopes.

Longonot satellites, earth station, telecommunications station, Nakuru, Kenya, East Africa, Africa, PublicGround, Africa

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Satellite dish

AEREA-ANTENA DE SEGUIMIENTO ESPACIAL PARA LOS SATELITES. Location: BASE AEROESPACIAL. ROBLEDO DE CHAVELA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Aflenz satellite earth station. Erdefunkstelle Aflenz. Parabolic dish antennas. Austria. Aflenz satellite earth station. Erdefunkstelle Aflenz. Parabolic dish antennas. Austria. Copyright: xZoonar.com/StefanxSutkax 22082696

Communication equipment, John F Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, USA

Satellite dishes Mounted on the rooftop of the building. Satellite TV Receiver

Exploring the Universe: A Row of 27 Radio Telescope Transmitters in Vast Landscape for Astronomical Research, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band (left) and a C-band radar antenna are prepared to observe the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) launch. The antennas are on loan to KSC from the USNS Pathfinder, a U.S. Navy instrumentation ship. They have been installed at site north of Haulover Canal where the National Center for Atmospheric Research previously had a radar for thunderstorm research. NASA is evaluating the pair of radars for their ability to observe possible debris coming from the Space Shuttle during launch, part of NASAs initiative to return the Space Shuttle to flight.

A view of a newly installed satellite television antenna at the base's Royal Oaks housing complex. Base: Torrejon Air Base Country: Spain (ESP)

CENTRO DE SEGUIMIENTO DEL I.N.T.A.-ANTENA MOVIBLE. Location: BASE AEROESPACIAL. ROBLEDO DE CHAVELA. MADRID. SPAIN.

VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dish against sunset

Lounging chair on a dock

Row of VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dishes

CARMA - Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy, is an array of radio telescopes in California's White Mountains. This is one of the world's most recent arrays of radio telescopes.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lowered from the mobile service tower to the ground. Dawn is being returned to the Astrotech payload processing facility to await a new launch date. The launch opportunity extends from Sept. 7 to Oct. 15. Dawn is the ninth mission in NASA's Discovery Program. The spacecraft will be the first to orbit two planetary bodies, asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres, during a single mission. Vesta and Ceres lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is also NASA’s first purely scientific mission powered by three solar electric ion propulsion engines. NASA/George Shelton

Orion Project SPLASH BTA Water Impact POT Boiler Plate Test Article (BTA) (SPLASH) Structural Passive Landing Attenuation for Survivability of Human Crew. (POT) Phase "0" Test Water Impact Test #3

Stratos earth station Aerzen

Telecommunications tower mast wireless technology in mountains. Telecommunications tower in mountains

A view of a satellite communications disc. This photo was entered in the March 1980 Aerospace Audio Visual Service PHOTO Contest. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The satelite dishes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico.

Radio Telescope from the Max-Planck-Instituts fuer Radioastronomie in Bad Muenstereifel-Effelsberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - This view is NASA's C-band, Debris Radar antenna inside the radome at a site on North Merritt Island in Florida. One of the largest of its kind in the world, the C-band radar provided critical support to pinpoint debris during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission. The need for this radar was identified after the Columbia tragedy. It worked together with smaller X-band radars placed on the solid rocket booster ship Liberty Star and the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station. Together they provided extremely high resolution images of any debris that created by Atlantis during launch.

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Radio telescope with parabolic antenna.

A view of a vertical axis wind turbine of the Darrieus design. This machine is 17 meters high and produces up to 150 kilowatts of wind power. State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Germany

Radar-guided rocket launcher

Raisting, Germany - 11 November 2025: Aerial view of the gleaming Raisting Earth Station nestled among patchwork fields, reflecting the soft light of the setting sun.

Happy young woman in hat listening to the music in vintage music headphones and dancing against background of satellite dish that receives wireless signals from satellites.

Telecommunication tower in European Union Telecommunication tower in European Union. Abundance of antennas means many TV stations and telephone operators. Plate radio communications Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 12307467

Monarch, Colorado, Communications equipment atop Monarch Ridge South in the Rocky Mountains

Telecommunication tower in European Union. Abundance of antennas means many TV stations and telephone operators. Plate radio communications

Happy young woman in hat listening to the music in vintage music headphones and dancing against background of satellite dish that receives wireless signals from satellites.

Radarstation, antennas der earth station Raisting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

CARMA - Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy, is an array of radio telescopes in California's White Mountains. This is one of the world's most recent arrays of radio telescopes.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On June 6, progress is made in the erection of a C-band radar antenna at a radar site on North Merritt Island, Fla. The 50-foot C-band radar will be used for long-term Shuttle missions to track the launches and observe possible debris coming from the Shuttle. In the background is an existing 30-foot C-band Pathfinder radar whose use was demonstrated on the Delta Messenger launch. It will be used on the upcoming two Return to Flight missions. The launch window for the first Return to Flight mission, STS-114, is July 13 to July 31.

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, rolls from the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) to launch Pad-0A, Thursday, July 10, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. The Orbital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 40-foot-diameter dish antenna arrays are being constructed as part of the Antenna Test Bed Array for the Ka-Band Objects Observation and Monitoring, or Ka-BOOM system. The antennas will be part of the operations command center facility. The construction site is near the former Vertical Processing Facility, which has been demolished. The Ka-BOOM project is one of the final steps in developing the techniques to build a high power, high resolution radar system capable of becoming a Near Earth Object Early Warning System. While also capable of space communication and radio science experiments, developing radar applications is the primary focus of the arrays.

Data security, conceptual computer artwork.

Communication dishes

Satellite Dish

Ground_based satellite, computer artwork.

Telecommunications. MIcrowave relay tower.

Very Large Array satellite dishes in New Mexico

The Soyuz Launch Pad is seen in the early morning prior to the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket being rolled out to the launch pad by train on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dishes scattered in field

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather station, seen here at the Shuttle Landing Facilitys midfield on NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, has a new neighbor. A climate-observing network that will drastically improve the nation's awareness of how weather impacts our lives has been established at the site. NASA, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force will work together on the U.S. Climate Reference Network, which will examine climate trends and change throughout the nation and its surrounding regions for the next 50 years. Instruments that are being provided include a solar radiation measuring device and an infrared surface temperature instrument. This gives Kennedy a unique opportunity to compare its sensor system with the NOAA site that is approximately 100 feet away.

Detail of a television tower with many satellite dishes

Madrid, 11/06/2014. Visit of Mariano Rajoy to the European Space Agency ESAC in Villanueva de la Cañada on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. In the image: Telecommunications satellite dishes. PHOTO: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Earth radio Raisting parabolic antenna of the Raisting Copyright earth radio: xzoonar.com/rolandxweegenex 10323257

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Galileo antennas at the Redu Station, ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft at Libin, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe

Satellite dish on the roof of the ARD capital office, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope just over 1,000 feet (305 m) across, the largest single radio telescope. The main metal collecting dish sits fixed a hemispherical karst sinkhole. In addtion to being a radio telescope, the dish is also a powerful radar transmitter, and has been very useful in radar astronomy in our solar system. This transmitter is on a 900 ton platform known as 'the feed' hanging 500 feet (150 m) over the dish. The observatory is the primary location of the National

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view shows the new C-band, 3 megawatt radar with a 50-foot dish antenna recently installed on north Kennedy Space Center. It is one of the largest and most powerful of its kind in the world, providing higher definition launch imagery than has ever been available before.

Large parabolic antennas of the Raisting earth station, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Satellite dish

VLA Very Large Array radio telescope dishes against purple sky

Antenna for Military Communication

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Robert Lightfoot, NASA associate director, talks to members of the media at the Ka Band Objects Observation and Monitoring, or KaBOOM, testbed antenna array site during a tour of Kennedy facilities. At right is Kennedy Director Bob Cabana. The goal of KaBOOM is to prove technologies that will allow future systems to characterize near-Earth objects in terms of size, shape, rotation_tumble rate and to determine the trajectory of those objects. Radar studies can determine the trajectory 100,000 times more precisely than can optical methods. While also capable of space communication and radio science experiments, developing radar applications is the primary focus of the arrays. The 40-foot-diameter dish antenna arrays are at the site of the former Vertical Processing Facility, which has been demolished.

Electronic personnel from IMMA install satellite dish for receiving radio signals for broadcasting by Training Support personnel on Fort McCoy channels. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Satellite dish, antenna, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Satellite trucks are lined up alongside Runway 33 at NASA Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility to wait for the early morning landing of Space Shuttle Discovery, returning from the successful Return to Flight mission STS-114. The landing was eventually deferred to Edwards Air Force Base in California due to weather concerns. The landing occurred at 8 11 a.m. EDT, guided by Mission Commander Eileen Collins. Discovery spent two weeks in space on Return to Flight mission STS-114, where the crew demonstrated new methods to inspect and repair the Shuttle in orbit. The crew also delivered supplies, outfitted and performed maintenance on the International Space Station. A number of these tasks were conducted during three spacewalks.

Satellite Communication at a Ger Ranch a Contrast in the Nomadic Coutry of Mongolia

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This aerial view shows the air traffic control radar at Shiloh for the NASA control tower at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. It is used by NASA and the Eastern Range for surveillance of controlled air space in Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station restricted areas. Shiloh is on the northern end of Merritt Island.

. NASA's Mobile Operations Facility is shown here with new decals at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California on July 20, 2022. Antennas, sensors, and radar communications, housed inside and outside of the vehicle, help monitor aircraft and transmit data. NASA's Advanced Air Mobility projects National Campaign uses the vehicle for testing.

Large parabolic antennas of the Raisting earth station, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

NEW BOSTON SPACE FORCE STATION, N.H. - Pictured is a radome nestled into the trees at New Boston Space Force Station, N.H., Sept. 15, 2022. The 23rd Space Operations Squadron provides real-time capability to users performing on-orbit tracking, telemetry, commanding and mission data retrieval services.

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