RadioAstron
RadioAstron was an orbital space-very-long-baseline-interferometry mission using Spektr-R with radio telescopes on Earth. The mission studied compact and energetic astronomical sources at radio wavelengths using baselines extending hundreds of thousands of kilometres.
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- Spektr-R missionSpektr-RSpectrum-R2011-037A
- Name
- RadioAstron
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- RadioAstron was an orbital space-very-long-baseline-interferometry mission using Spektr-R with radio telescopes on Earth. The mission studied compact and energetic astronomical sources at radio wavelengths using baselines extending hundreds of thousands of kilometres.
- Destination
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit
- End Date
- 2019-05-30
- Outcome
- RadioAstron achieved several-microarcsecond angular resolution and completed its observing programme after more than seven years of operation; the State Commission formally ended the mission on 30 May 2019 after contact could not be restored.
- Start Date
- 2011-07-18
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 18:26:43 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 18:26:43 UTC
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