Scientific Antennas & Subsystems
The Green Bank Telescope
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The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, and being 60% taller than the Statue of Liberty with 16 million pounds, it is the world’s largest moveable land object. The GBT is part of the national Radio Astronomy Observatory site at Green Bank, West Virginia.
GBT PERFORMANCE:
- 8000 m2 surface area
- 7300 metric tons
- 0.3 arc second resolution