The Suffa RT-70 radio telescope (
Russian
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: Суффа 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 ...
radio telescope at the
Suffa Radio Observatory on the
Suffa plateau in
Uzbekistan
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. Construction began in the late 1980's, but was put on hold when the
Soviet Union
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fell and the Uzbekistani government abandoned the project. , the Russian government had resumed the construction of the site, with an updated emphasis on millimeter-wave band observations at 100–300 GHz. , construction was reported to be 50% complete.
However any construction has stopped and the constructon site has been abandoned.
With its 70m antenna diameter, this third unit of the RT-70 telescope was designed to be one of three similar radio telescopes.
Two completed RT-70 telescopes are:
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Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope – at the Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea
*
Galenki RT-70 radio telescope – at the Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory, Russia
References
External links
Suffa Radio Observatory in Uzbekistan: progress and radio-seeing research plans2014 Image
Radio telescopes
Telescopes under construction
Astronomical observatories built in the Soviet Union
Astronomical observatories in Uzbekistan
Space program of Russia
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