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[[Image:Skylab-73-HC-440HR.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Saturn V SA-513 lifts off to boost the Skylab Orbital Workshop into Earth orbit on March 14, 1973. Credit: NASA.]]
[[Astronomy]] is performed by location and is subject to local conditions. The shapes and sizes of observatories have changed over time, as have their altitude. The motivations for putting an observatory manned or unmanned at different altitudes has led to a great variety in '''lofting technology'''.
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==Arecibo Observatory==
[[Image:Arecibo Observatory Aerial View2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Arecibo Radio Telescope, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, at 1000 feet (305 m) across, is the largest dish antenna in the world. Credit: 
H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF, NOAAMichael D. Bicay.]]
"The '''Arecibo Observatory''' is a [[w:radio telescope|radio telescope]] in the municipality of [[w:Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]], [[w:Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]. ... The {{convert|1000|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} radio telescope ... is the world's largest single-aperture telescope. It is used in three major areas of research: [[radio astronomy]], [[w:aeronomy|aeronomy]], and [[radio astronomy|radar astronomy]] observations of the larger objects of the Solar System. (contracted; show full)[[Category:Astronomy/Lectures]]
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