RT-70

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There are three

With their 70m antenna diameter, they are among the largest radio telescopes in the world.

They are:

• the
  Center for Deep Space Communications or West Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea
  .
• the
  Galenki (Ussuriysk), Russia
  .
• the Suffa RT-70 radio telescope at the Suffa Radio Observatory on the Suffa plateau, Uzbekistan. Never completed.

In 2008, RT-70 was used to beam 501 messages at the exoplanet Gliese 581c, in hopes of making contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The messages should arrive in 2029.^[1]

See also

• RT-64, a smaller aperture Russian design.

References

External links

• Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope (in Russian)
• Suffa RT-70 radio telescope (in Russian)
• Suffa Radio Observatory in Uzbekistan: progress and radio-seeing research plans
• Russian Space Agency Backs US Asteroid Control Plan (mentions Galenki telescope)
• Don P. Mitchel. Soviet Telemetry Systems. Deep-Space Communication Centers

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