RT-70

70-m aerial P-2500 (RT-70 radio telescope) in Yevpatoria.

There are three radio telescopes designated RT-70, all in countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union, all with similar specifications: 70m dishes and an operating range of 5–300 GHz. The Yevpatoria telescope has also been used as a radar telescope in observations of space debris and asteroids.

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

They are:

• the Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope at the Center for Deep Space Communications or West Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea
• the Galenki RT-70 radio telescope at the East Center for Deep Space Communications, Galenki (Ussuriysk), Russia
• the Suffa RT-70 radio telescope at the Suffa Radio Observatory on the Suffa plateau, Uzbekistan

See also

• RT-64, a smaller aperture Russian design.

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