Suffa RT-70 radio telescope explained

The Suffa RT-70 radio telescope (Russian: Суффа РТ-70) is an RT-70 radio telescope at the Suffa Radio Observatory on the Suffa plateau in Uzbekistan.

History

Construction began in the late 1980s but was put on hold when the Soviet Union fell and the Uzbekistani government abandoned the project., the Russian government had resumed the construction of the site,^[1] with an updated emphasis on millimeter-wave band observations at 100–300 GHz., construction was reported to be 50% complete.^[2] However any construction has stopped and the construction site has been abandoned.

With its 70m antenna diameter, this third unit of the RT-70 telescope was designed to be one of three similar radio telescopes.

Two completed RT-70 telescopes are:

• Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope – at the Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea
• Galenki RT-70 radio telescope – at the Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory, Russia

External links

• Suffa Radio Observatory in Uzbekistan: progress and radio-seeing research plans
• 2014 Image

Notes and References

1. http://www.nrao.edu/meetings/isstt/papers/2008/2008489000.pdf 19th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Groningen, 28-30 April 2008 New Challenge for 0.1 - 0.3 THz Technology: Development of Apparatus for Radio Telescope RT-70, V. Vdovin, I. Zinchenko1, Yu. Artemenko, V. Dubrovich, A. Baryshev
2. Web site: Construction of Radio Telescope that Picks Up Extraterrestrial Signals May be Completed in Uzbekistan.