Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Spektr-R (RadioAstron)

Zenit

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, July 18, 2011 · 02:31 UTC

Mission

/01

The 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

/02

Rocket

Zenit

Launch Pad

45/1

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.943° N, 63.653° E

41

Pad Launches

1365

Location Launches

206

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38

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