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Massive Arecibo radio telescope suffers more damage from cable incident – SlashGear
The massive Arecibo Observatory, one of the largest single-dish radio telescopes in the world, has suffered considerable damage due to a cable incident, officials report. This isn’t the first…

The massive Arecibo Observatory, one of the largest single-dish radio telescopes in the world, has suffered considerable damage due to a cable incident, officials report. This isn’t the first time the radio telescope has been damaged — it has been repaired multiple times in the past — but this latest incident is fairly substantial, leaving a 100-ft wound that took the telescope offline.
The damage has been reported by the University of Central Florida, which reports that an auxiliary cable supp…
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