From the Xinhua News Service:
Installation complete on world's largest radio telescope
Installation was completed on the world's largest radio telescope on Sunday morning as the last of 4,450 panels was fitted into the center of the big dish.
Hoisting of the last triangular panel to the reflector, which is the size of 30 football fields, began at 10:47 a.m. and lasted about 40 minutes. It was a landmark step for the telescope's planned launch of operations in September.
Five hundred meters in diameter. Arecibo is 300 meters across.
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