Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall was one of the first Connected Earth partners. An inaugural part of BT's vision for a distributed national telecommunications heritage collection, the visitor experience at Goonhilly has been substantially extended to include the Connected Earth gallery.
In line with the unique role of Goonhilly in Britain's telecommunications heritage, the Connected Earth gallery focuses on the history of international connections, satellite and radio communications.
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station also has an interactive exhibition area, runs guided tours around the site including the only Segway Adventure School in England, film shows, children's play areas, shops, a licensed cafe and what we believe is the fastest internet cafe in the world.
You can see some information relating to the exhibits below, and the team looks forward to seeing you in the near future.
Welcome to Connected Earth at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station. There are many exciting things to see and do...
Explore the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station at your leisure by taking our interactive virtual tour.
Experience our interactive 3D objects and view some of the Connected Earth objects and artefacts available at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.
Antenna No. 1, known as Arthur, the satellite dish in front of the Visitors Centre, was built in 1962 to track Telstar, a low orbit satellite.
The very first live transatlantic television broadcast was in 1962. The experimental Telstar satellite relayed the signals from the USA to the UK via Goonhilly, one of the first three earth stations in the world. Nearly ...
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