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    July 10, 2025

    Radio interferometry started in the mid-1940s on the outskirts of Cambridge, but with funding from the Science Research Council and a corporate donation of £100,000 from Mullard Limited, a leading commercial manufacturer of thermionic valves.

    Construction of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory commenced at Lords Bridge Air Ammunition Park,[1] a few kilometres to the west of Cambridge.

    The observatory was founded under Martin Ryle of the Radio-Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and was opened by Sir Edward Victor Appleton on 25 July 1957. This group is now known as the Cavendish Astrophysics Group.

    (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullard_Radio_Astronomy_Observatory)

      July 20, 2022

      The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory MRAC is home to the largest and most advanced radio telescope network in the world. Part funded by the Science Research Council and Mullard Ltd. It form part of The Cambridge University's Astrophysics department

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