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Radio telescope in Crimea
The
Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope
(P-2500, RT-70) is an
RT-70
radio telescope
and planetary radar at the
Center for Deep Space Communications
,
Yevpatoria
,
Crimea
. In scientific literature, it is often called the
Evpatoria Planetary Radar
(
EPR
).
History
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Inside antenna mirror of radio telescope RT-70
Radio telescopes are highly sensitive detectors of signals from outer space. With its 70-meter antenna diameter, the Yevpatoria RT-70 is among the largest single-dish radio telescopes in the world. It has an advantage in comparison with other large radio telescopes in the fact that the complex includes powerful transmitters that allow active space experiments. Powerful electromagnetic beams can be accurately targeted and the signals received can be analyzed. For this reason, the Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope is one of only two
[
which?
]
in the world that are able to transmit
messages to extraterrestrial civilizations
,
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citation needed
]
e.g. the multiple
Cosmic Calls
,
Teen Age Messages
, or
A Message from Earth
(AMFE).
The radio telescope is depicted on Russia's
commemorative 100-ruble banknote
of 2015.
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Missions
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P-2500. Photo by
KH-9 HEXAGON
(1982)
100 Russian ruble banknote
issued in 2015
The telescope has participated in the
Soviet space program
since 1978 for the
exploration of deep space
:
In 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2008, for the transmission of
messages to extraterrestrial civilizations
:
Radar studies of planets and asteroids ?
Observatory code
255 (Evpatoria)
:
See also
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References
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Concepts
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Radio telescopes
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List
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telescopes
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Interferometers
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- Allen Telescope Array
(ATA,
California, US
)
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array
(ALMA,
Chile
)
- Australia Telescope Compact Array
(ATCA,
Australia
)
- Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
(ASKAP,
Australia
)
- Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment
(CHIME,
Canada
)
- Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy
(CARMA,
California, US
)
- European VLBI Network
(Europe)
- Event Horizon Telescope
(EHT)
- Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
(GMRT,
India
)
- Green Bank Interferometer
(GBI,
West Virginia, US
)
- Korean VLBI Network
(KVN,
South Korea
)
- Large Latin American Millimeter Array
(LLAMA,
Argentina/Brazil
)
- Long Wavelength Array
(LWA,
New Mexico, US
)
- Low-Frequency Array
(LOFAR,
Netherlands
)
- MeerKAT
(
South Africa
)
- Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope
(MOST,
Australia
)
- Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network
(MERLIN,
UK
)
- Murchison Widefield Array
(MWA,
Australia
)
- Northern Cross Radio Telescope
(
Italy
)
- Northern Extended Millimeter Array
(
France
)
- One-Mile Telescope
(UK)
- Primeval Structure Telescope
(PaST,
China
)
- Square Kilometre Array
(SKA,
Australia, South Africa
)
- Submillimeter Array
(SMA,
US
)
- Very Large Array
(VLA,
New Mexico, US
)
- Very Long Baseline Array
(VLBA,
US
)
- Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
(WSRT,
Netherlands
)
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