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Artist's conception of the powerful radar to be designed by Cornall University for the Advanced Research Project Agency of the Department of Defense shows the 100-foot diameter antenna reflector in a natural bowl in Puarto Rico. This 600-foot in high tripod supports a rotatable arm carrying the antenna feed on a radial track to provide scanning the radar beam 20 degrees off vertical. The building in the foreground house the transmitting and receiving equipment. The primary propose of the instrument is to obtain detail information on the structure and composition of the upper atmosphere
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13218561
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46966208
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5720px x 4385px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Keystone
