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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter UK
Do people know about the role of Jodrell Bank radio telescope in the Cold War?
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No doubt it was quite substantial as there have been a lot of very powerful radio telescopes based at Jodrell for the past 70 years. I believe it was the only telescope in the world able to track Sputnik 1 by radar at the time, and was used to track US and Soviet manned and unmanned launches throughout the Cold War. The Soviets even asked the British government to allow Jodrell Bank to be used to track and record Luna 9 and Luna 15.