Stanford Radar Astronomy Center

Stanford University and the Stanford Research Institute have established a new Center for Radar Astronomy, which will carry out a combined research program involving staff members of the two institutions and will also be intended for the training of graduate students. The center will employ various antennas and transmitters belonging to the University's “antenna farm”, including Stanford's 150‐ft parabolic reflector, which is one of three largest fully steerable paraboloids in the United States. The instrument was designed to serve both as a transmitting and a receiving antenna. Coupled to it is a transmitter capable of producing a 400 000‐watt radar probe for the exploration of the solar system.