Russia Launches Telescope With 10,000 Times the Resolution of the Hubble Telescope

July 27th, 2011

Via: Christin Science Monitor:

Russian scientists are jubilant at news that the Spektr-R, a powerful space telescope conceived in the depths of the cold war, was finally lofted into orbit aboard a Zenit rocket Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Once it is fully operational, the new radio telescope will sync up with ground-based observatories to form the biggest telescope ever built. It will be known as RadioAstron, with a “dish” spanning 30 times the Earth’s diameter. Experts say it will be able to deliver images from the remote corners of the universe at 10,000 times the resolution of the US Hubble Space Telescope.

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One Response to “Russia Launches Telescope With 10,000 Times the Resolution of the Hubble Telescope”

  1. messianicdruid says:
    July 28, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    I wonder if it could supply some 1 meter resolution pictures of Tranquility Base.

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