The Big Dish Company
The Big Dish Company
At The National Space Centre
The Big Dish Company
The Big Dish Company
At The National Space Centre
Europe’s Most Westerly Observatory & Communications Site
The Big Dish Company Ltd manages and operates the 32 metre fully articulating dish antenna at the National Space Centre site at Elfordstown Earthstation in Ireland. This independently owned facility provides carrier grade teleport facilities and undertakes space and communications related consultancy for its own purposes and on a contract basis for third parties.
The main 32 metre Intelsat Standard A dish at the facility is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment and upgrade works to enhance its tracking precision and operational capabilities.
Opening in January 2018, the dish is currently available for third parties to reserve for radio astronomy, SSA mapping & deep space communication applications.
Hybrid Antenna
32 Metre Antenna
Joining the World's Top 100 Research Big Dishes
Hybrid Antenna
32 Metre Antenna
Joining the World's Top 100 Research Big Dishes
The World's Only Large Scale Hybrid Antenna
BWG (Beam Waveguide) Feed
The existing C-Band beam waveguide configuration allows your organisation to fit high-power water-cooled or cryogenic amplifiers in the purpose built room at the antenna base.
Contact us for full specifications on the current installed configuration. We will also consider modifications to the installation for your specialist requirements.
Direct Focal Point Mount
For short term applications, compact receivers can be fitted to our custom designed focal point mounting system.
This feature allows for the rapid change out of receivers helping to lower the test and evaluation costs of your R & D projects or for applications requiring additional capabilities not available using a beam waveguide feed.
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"Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond."
Buzz Aldrin
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"Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond."
Buzz Aldrin
Project Partners
The National Space Centre undertakes space and communications related consultancy and research and development both for its own purposes and on a contract basis for third parties. It’s research and development department partakes in numerous Irish, European and International research based projects. It's customers and project partners include leading industry names such as:
