| Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope | |
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70-m aerial P-2500 (RT-70 radio telescope) in Yevpatoria.
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| Organization | Center for Deep Space Communications |
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| Location | Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. |
| Wavelength | radio 5–300 GHz |
| Built | 1978 |
| Telescope style | reflector |
| Diameter | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Collecting area | 2500 m² |
| Dome | none |
| Website | spacecenter.gov.ua |
The Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope is an RT-70 radio telescope and planetary radar at the Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. In the scientific literature is often called Evpatoria planetary radar (an acronym EPR).
With its 70m antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world. It has an advantage in comparison with other large radio telescopes in the fact that the complex includes powerful transmitters that allow active space experiments. Powerful electromagnetic beams can be accurately targeted and analysis conducted on the received signals. For this reason, the Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope is one of the only two in the world that are able to transmit messages to extraterrestrial civilizations. Radio telescope are highly sensitive detectors of signals from outer space.
The telescope has participated in Soviet space program since 1978 for the exploration of deep space:
In 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008, transmit messages to extraterrestrial civilizations:
Radar studies of planets and asteroids