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Its first dish, Antenna One ( dubbed " Arthur "), was built in 1962 to link with Telstar.

It was the first open parabolic design and is 25. 9 metres in diameter and weighs 1, 118 tonnes.

After Pleumeur Bodou ( Brittany ) which received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the United States via the Telstar satellite at 0H47 GMT on July 11, 1962, Arthur received his first vidéo in the middle of the same day.

It is now a Grade II listed structure and is therefore protected.