Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope

Radio telescope in Crimea

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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

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,^{[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.^[1]

Missions

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

• Venera 11 and Venera 12
• VLBI Salyut 6 KRT-10 radio observatory — RT-70
• Venera 13, Venera 14, Venera 15, Venera 16
• Vega program
• Astron
• Phobos program
• Granat
• Interball
• Fobos-Grunt (in 2011)
• Spektr-R

In 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2008, for the transmission of messages to extraterrestrial civilizations:

• Cosmic Call
• Teen Age Message
• Cosmic Call 2
• A Message From Earth

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

• 4179 Toutatis
• 6489 Golevka (the name Golevka comes from the first few letters of the names of the three observatories Goldstone, Evpatoria, and Kashima)
• (33342) 1998 WT24
• (101955) 1999 RQ₃₆

See also

• Complex “Pluton-M” – at Center for Deep Space Communications
• Galenki RT-70 radio telescope – at the Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory
• Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
• Suffa RT-70 radio telescope – at the Suffa Radio Observatory

References

External links

• 3D Maker version
• National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria
• Радиотелескоп РТ-70 (П-2500) (in Russian)