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@benjojo https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.03437 identifies it as a 32m Intelsat Standard-A satellite communications dish, which would have been used for telephone, TV, and broadcast radio connections. They were obsoleted in the mid 80s with better undersea cables and satellites that didn't require dishes that big. Some have been repurposed for radio astronomy, but this one was just mothballed.