Earth Station Andover

 Monday, August 17, 2020

Trip towards Andover, Maine searching for Devil's Den.  We were close but were unsuccessful finding using the GPS.  Perhaps we didn't drive quite far enough.  

Here is the description.   Devil's Den. Devil's Den is located about 6-7 miles on South Arm Road just outside of town. This spot offers a great view of a small canyon, from which it received its name.

Here are a few pictures from today's adventure. 

Driving through Roxbury, I noticed a side road that look familiar from years ago. 

Saw these two deer grazing in the field. 

A little further up this private road came upon this. 

This is former home of The Earth Station which put Andover Maine on the map  

Andover Earth Station was one of the first satellite earth stations, located at Andover in the US state of Maine. It was built by AT&T in 1961 to communicate with the Telstar 1 satellite, the first direct relay communications satellite. It provided the first experimental satellite telephone and television service between North America and Europe.

Growing up in Rumford near this station...we visited one day.  This is what it looked like when I visited when I was younger.  

We were able to go inside the station this particular day.  Here is a picture what we saw. 

The large inflated dome of the Earth Station at Andover. housed the huge, sensitive antenna built to pick up signals from the first communications satellite, Telstar. In the foreground is the control building.