Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope

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 the scientific literature is often called Evpatoria Planetary Radar (EPR).

100 Russian rubles issued in 2015
Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope
Part ofRT-70 
Location(s)Yevpatoria, Disputed between Russia and Ukraine[1]
Coordinates45°11′N 33°11′E
OrganizationRoscosmos
State Space Agency of Ukraine 
Observatory code 255 
Wavelength0.1 cm (300 GHz)–6 cm (5.0 GHz)
Built1973–1978 (1973–1978)
Telescope styleRT-70
radio telescope 
Diameter70 m (229 ft 8 in)
Collecting area2,500 m2 (27,000 sq ft)
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Location of Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope
Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope (Ukraine)
Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope (Russia)
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P-2500. Photo by KH-9 HEXAGON(1982)

With its 70-meter antenna diameter, it 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 in the world that are able to transmit messages to extraterrestrial civilizations, i.e. the multiple Cosmic Calls, Teen Age Messages or AMFE. Radio telescopes are highly sensitive detectors of signals from outer space.

The radiotelescope is depicted on Russia's commemorative 100-ruble banknote of 2015.[2]

inside antenna mirror of radio telescope RT-70

Missions

The telescope has participated in Soviet space program since 1978 for the exploration of deep space:

In 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008, transmit messages to extraterrestrial civilizations:

Radar studies of planets and asteroids. Observatory code 255 (Evpatoria).

See also

References
  1. This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia, which administers the contested area, and Ukraine, whose internationally recognised boundaries include the contested area. According to the political division of Russia, there are federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula.
  2. Russia's 100 Ruble Note
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