VLBI mission RadioAstron : development , specifications , and early results
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The 10-meter space radio telescope Spectrum-R was successfully launched on July 18, 2011, and unfurled several days later. The space element of the ground-space very long baseline interferometer RadioAstron covers four frequency bands from 92 to 1.3 cm and provides baselines up to 350,000 km. This allows to study space objects with a resolution as high as about 10 microarcsecond. The mission development, its current status after launch and test results are presented and discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012