Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Spektr-R (RadioAstron)
Zenit
SUCCESS
Success
Monday, July 18, 2011 · 02:31 UTC
Mission
/01The RadioAstron is an international space Very Long Baseline Interferometry project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the mission is to use the Spektr-R space telescope to conduct interferometer observations in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope network in order to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the Universe with the extraordinary high angular resolution.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Zenit
Launch Pad
45/1
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
45.943° N, 63.653° E
41
Pad Launches
1365
Location Launches
206
Agency Launches
38
Orbital This Year