The Arkansas Research and Test Station or ARTS, is a historic satellite ground station in the hills of Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was built in 1965 by the Space Systems Division of the Hughes Aircraft Company, and operated until 1969. It includes a paraboloid antenna 85 feet (26 m) in diameter and a utilitarian control building located nearby. It is the only surviving ground station from that period capable of sending and receiving communications with a satellite; the only other one ever built, located in Andover, Maine, has had its antenna dismantled.[2]
Arkansas Research and Test Station (ARTS) | |
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| Nearest city | Caddo Gap, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°22′12.4″N 93°39′57″W / 34.370111°N 93.66583°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1965 |
| Built by | Hughes Space Systems Division |
| NRHP reference No. | 100001650[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 21, 2017 |
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Arkansas Research and Test Station (ARTS) [REDACTED]" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
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