The Galenki RT-70 radio telescope (
Russian
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: Гaленkий РТ-70) is an
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 ...
telescope at the
East Center for Deep Space Communications,
Galenki (
Ussuriysk
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With its 70m antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world. It forms part of the
Soviet Deep Space Network The Soviet Deep Space Network (or Russian Deep Space Network) was a network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar ...
.
Two other RT-70 telescopes are:
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Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope – at the
Center for Deep Space Communications,
Yevpatoria
Yevpatoria ( uk, Євпаторія, Yevpatoriia; russian: Евпатория, Yevpatoriya; crh, , , gr, Ευπατορία) is a city of regional significance in Western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrativ ...
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Suffa RT-70 radio telescope – at the
Suffa Radio Observatory
External links
Russian Space Agency Backs US Asteroid Control Plan(mentions Galenki telescope)
Radio telescopes
Astronomical observatories built in the Soviet Union
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