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May 30, 2019
On May 30, 2019, a meeting of the State Commission for reviewing the course of flight tests of the spacecraft (SP) Spektr-R was held. The State Commission, having heard the reports of representatives of the rocket and space industry and the scientific community, decided to complete the Spectr-R project.
Spektr-R or Radioastron
In early January, the Spectr-R satellite stopped communicating with the Mission Control Center. Attempts experts NPO them. S.A. Lavochkina to ensure that the connection with the spacecraft in the framework of the program of the chief designer was not successful.
The Spektr-R spacecraft (Radioastron) worked in the interests of the scientific community 2.5 times longer than the planned period and exceeded all the basic functions assigned to it as a source of valuable scientific data about our Universe. During his work, the scientific community of the Earth has received a significant amount of data on the device of the Universe, the processing of which is incomplete and is actively continuing by the scientists of the planet.
RadioAstron Russian Space Observatory
At the end of June 2019, the Spectr-RG unit will be launched, which will create a map of the Universe, where all large clusters of galaxies will be marked. With it, scientists around the world will be able to answer the question - how was the evolution of galaxies. Also, work continues on other scientific devices of this series - "Spectrum-UV" and "Spectrum-M".
Related article:
Russia lost control of its space radio telescope Spekt-R
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2019/01/russia-lost-control-of-its-space-radio.html
Roscosmos Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/26397/
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