[TRENDING: County prepares for vaccine | Remote learning continues in spring | ‘We’re failing:’ Mayors call for COVID-19 action]The University of Central Florida manages the observatory for the National Science Foundation.
While some of the facility will remain operation the telescope was the most well-known part of Arecibo and had operated for 57 years.On Aug.
10, a cable collapsed crashing down into the 1,000-foot dish, damaging about 250 panels. Then, while plans were still being made to safe and repair the dish, another failed on Nov.