2017-07-31T15:57:05+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Zond 3, Arecibo Observatory, Krona space object recognition station, Lovell Telescope, Spektr-R, Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Holmdel Horn Antenna, Reber Radio Telescope, Muchea Tracking Station, Parkes Observatory, HALCA, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Bochum Observatory, Array Operations Center flashcards
Radio telescopes

Radio telescopes

  • Zond 3
    Zond 3 was a 1965 space probe intended to be sent toward Mars as a spacecraft test.
  • Arecibo Observatory
    The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
  • Krona space object recognition station
    Krona space object recognition station (Russian: Радиооптический комплекс распознавания космических объектов «Крона», tr. Radiooptichesky Kompleks raspoznavaniya kosmicheskikh obektov "Krona") is a Russian military complex which is used to identify objects (artificial satellites) in outer space using telescopes and radar.
  • Lovell Telescope
    The Lovell Telescope /ˈlʌvəl/ is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England.
  • Spektr-R
    Spektr-R (or RadioAstron) is a Russian scientific satellite with a 10 m (33 ft) radio telescope on board.
  • Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
    The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is located in the Mojave Desert near Barstow in the U.
  • Holmdel Horn Antenna
    The Holmdel Horn Antenna is a large microwave horn antenna that was used as a radio telescope during the 1960s at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
  • Reber Radio Telescope
    Reber Radio Telescope is a parabolic radio telescope built by astronomer Grote Reber in his back yard in Illinois in 1937, implementing an earlier proposal of Karl Jansky, the discoverer (1931) of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
  • Muchea Tracking Station
    Muchea Tracking Station was tracking station located close to Muchea in the Shire of Chittering, about 60 km (37 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia, built specifically for NASA's Project Mercury.
  • Parkes Observatory
    The Parkes Observatory (also known informally as "The Dish") is a radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
  • HALCA
    HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy), also known for its project name VSOP (VLBI Space Observatory Programme), or the code name MUSES-B (for the second of the Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft series), is a Japanese 8 meter diameter radio telescope satellite which was used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI).
  • National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
    The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) (Hindi:राष्ट्रीय रेडियो खगोल भौतिकी केन्द्र) of India is a premier research institution in India in the field of radio astronomy is located in the Pune University Campus (just beside IUCAA), is part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.
  • Bochum Observatory
    Bochum Observatory, often known in Bochum as Cape Kaminski (German: Kap Kaminski) is a research institute in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
  • Array Operations Center
    The Array Operations Center (AOC) in Socorro, New Mexico, is the control and monitor center for the Very Long Baseline Array.