[SEMINARI] [SEMINAR] RadioAstron Space VLBI mission: current status, early science results, AO-1

[Enric Marco]

Title: RadioAstron Space VLBI mission: current status, early science
results, AO-1

By: Y. Y. Kovalev

From: Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscou, Rússia

Where: Seminari del departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica

Date: Dilluns 05 novembre 2012

Hour: 15:00

Abstract

The 10-meter space radio telescope Spektr-R was successfully launched
on July 18, 2011, and unfurled several days later. The space element
of the ground-space VLB interferometer RadioAstron covers four
frequency bands from 0.3 to 25 GHz and provides baselines up to
350,000 km. This will allow to study space objects with a resolution
as high as about 10 microarcsecond. In-orbit tests of the space craft
are finished, first fringes are found at all four bands of 92, 18, 6,
and 1.3 cm. Current status of the mission and plans to move to the
open sky phase by 2013 will be discussed. Science objectives and first
results of the RadioAstron early science program will be presented.
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Dr. Enric Marco
Departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica
Facultat de Física
Universitat de València
C/  Dr. Moliner, 50
46100 Burjassot, Spain
Phone: (34)-96-354-3069
Fax:(34)-96-354-3084
enric.marco en uv.es
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