Spectr-R is an orbiting 10m radio telescope , the largest when launched 0631hrs 18 July 2011 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Once in space, the flower-like main dish opened its 27 'petals' successfully within 30 minutes. Spectr-R has a highly elliptical orbit around earth.
Spectr-R is operated as part of RadioAstron, an international space VLBI project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia.
The telescope is capable of ultra-high resolution. The very high angular resolving power is achieved when used in conjunction with a ground-based system of radio-telescopes as part of RadioASTRON, operating at wavelengths of 1.35–6.0, 18.0 and 92.0 cm.
With its Earth-based components, it forms a network providing detailed images of the universe at 1,000 times the resolution attainable using the Hubble telescope.
News:
RadioASTRON Testing Complete 26 June
Links:
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_r_mission.html
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_r.html
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/space/snl/bresult/radvance.asp?sel_satname=SPECTR-R
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