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Old 23-07-2011, 10:30 PM
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Russian space Spketr-R telescope unfurls giant antenna

It looks like the Russians are back into space exploration.

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A GIANT new Russian space telescope today unfurled its dish-like antenna which will observe radio waves from galaxies and black holes billions of light years away.
The operation to deploy the 10-metre-diameter antenna of the Spketr-R telescope, which was launched into orbit on Monday, was successfully carried out, space agency Roskosmos said.

"According to telemetry data, the planned programme was carried out in full," Roskosmos said.
More info on what it does here
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