The site also links into undersea cable lines. ==History== Its first dish, Antenna One (dubbed "Arthur"), was built in 1962 to link with Telstar.
After Pleumeur-Bodou Ground Station (Brittany) which received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the United States via the Telstar satellite at 0H47 GMT on 11 July 1962, Arthur received his first video in the middle of the same day.
It is now a Grade II listed structure and is therefore protected. The site has also played a key role in communications events such as the Muhammad Ali fights, the Olympic Games, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and 1985's Live Aid concert. ==Statistics== The site's largest dish, dubbed "Merlin", has a diameter of 32 metres (105 feet).
The nearby wind generator farm is not part of the complex. ==Closure== On 12 September 2006, BT announced it would shut down satellite operations at Goonhilly in 2008, and move them to Madley Communications Centre in Herefordshire, making that centre BT's only earth station. ==Visitor centre== Until Easter 2010 the site had a visitor centre inside which the Connected Earth gallery told the history of satellite communications.
The nearby wind generator farm is not part of the complex. ==Closure== On 12 September 2006, BT announced it would shut down satellite operations at Goonhilly in 2008, and move them to Madley Communications Centre in Herefordshire, making that centre BT's only earth station. ==Visitor centre== Until Easter 2010 the site had a visitor centre inside which the Connected Earth gallery told the history of satellite communications.
The nearby wind generator farm is not part of the complex. ==Closure== On 12 September 2006, BT announced it would shut down satellite operations at Goonhilly in 2008, and move them to Madley Communications Centre in Herefordshire, making that centre BT's only earth station. ==Visitor centre== Until Easter 2010 the site had a visitor centre inside which the Connected Earth gallery told the history of satellite communications.
There were also tours around the main BT site and into the heart of Arthur. At its prime, the site attracted around 80,000 visitors a year, but in March 2010 BT announced that the visitor centre would be "Closed for Easter and beyond, until further notice." ==Future== On 11 January 2011 it was announced that part of the site was to be sold to create a space science centre.
There were also tours around the main BT site and into the heart of Arthur. At its prime, the site attracted around 80,000 visitors a year, but in March 2010 BT announced that the visitor centre would be "Closed for Easter and beyond, until further notice." ==Future== On 11 January 2011 it was announced that part of the site was to be sold to create a space science centre.
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