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2011 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Spektr-R (RadioAstron)

successZenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron)

The RadioAstron is an international space Very Long Baseline Interferometry project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the mission is to use the Spektr-R space telescope to conduct interferometer observations in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope network in order to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the Universe with the extraordinary high angular resolution.

Overview

Date / time
July 18, 2011 at 02:31 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
Spektr-R (RadioAstron)
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Elliptical Orbit
Launch vehicle
Zenit →
Launch provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) →

Payloads deployed · 1

SPEKTR-R
HEO