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There are two
radio telescopes A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the radio frequency po ...
designated RT-64 (TNA-1500), both in
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and with similar specifications. With their 64m antenna diameter, they are among the largest radio telescopes in the world. They are: * the Bear Lakes RT-64 radio telescope at the Bear Lakes Satellite Communications Center, in Bear Lakes,
Shchyolkovo Shchyolkovo ( rus, Щёлково, p=ˈɕːɵlkəvə) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), northeast of Moscow. Population: 112,865 ( 2002 ...
, near Moscow. * the Kalyazin RT-64 radio telescope at the Kalyazin Radio Astronomy Observatory,
Kalyazin Kalyazin (russian: Каля́зин) is a town and the administrative center of Kalyazinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, northeast of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...
,
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...


See also

*
RT-70 There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz. The Yevpatoria telescope has also been used ...
, a larger aperture Russian design.


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Bear Lakes Radio Astronomy Station




* Don P. Mitchel

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