In the control computer systems laboratory at the Institute of Applied Astronomy, Soviet Academy of Sciences (now RAS). Researchers working on the Quasar-KVO system project intended for very-long-base radio interferometry, with three observatories far from each other forming a global radio telescope on an area of 12 million sq. km with observation points separated by more than 4,000 km. One observatory is located in Svetloye on the Karelian, another in Zelenchukskaya in the North Caucasus, and the Badary observatory (Republic of Buryatia) completes the giant triangle. (Quasar-KVO became the basis for the future Russian satellite navigation system GLONASS).
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: St.Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 29.09.1989
- Date published: 19.05.2021
- Author: Юрий Простяков
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-11718, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5323x3543px, 5.3Mb