Ukraine destroys the legendary telescope in the Soviet era once used for foreign communication

The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a giant radio telescope in the Crimea, a strong planetary transmission device that is used once to support deep space tasks and Meti – trying to send civilizations outside the planet.

Ukraine has destroyed Yevpatoria RT-70 in a drone attack to prevent Russia from using it for military communication purposes, Space.com I mentioned. According to what was reported, the Russian Defense Forces conducted recent upgrades to the telescope to support attacks on Ukrainian lands, but the 230 -foot antenna dish (70 meters) was built by the Soviet Union to study Venus and Mars and communicate with deep space investigations.

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RT-70 was one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. The telescope was built in the seventies of the last century, and was able to provide and receive signals for space experiments, including those SETI (searching for evidence outside the ground).

The telescope was used to send many messages outside the ground. Between 1999 and 2003, RT-70 was used to send two groups of messages between stars to the nearby stars as part of Cosmic an experience. In 2001, a group of Russian teenagers used the telescope to send Teen message A sign, a series of radio transfers between the stars directed about six sun -like stars. In 2008, the RT-70 was used to transfer a high-energy message to Gliese 581C, which is the super exoplanet. The letter, titled “A Message from the Earth”, contains 501 photos, texts and songs chosen by the audience through a competition.

Aside from the attempt to contact intelligence outside the planet, the RT-70 was also used to support many space tasks in the Soviet era such as Venera, Vega and Phobos to explore Venus and Mars. It was also used as part of Mars Express and Rosetta missions of the European Space Agency.

The radio telescope was under Russian control since it was annexed to the Crimea in 2014.

Boiled Crimea is home to the main monitoring facilities, including Shagon Mirror TelescopeThe largest visual tool in Ukraine, and Crimean astronomical observatory.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started in February 2022, resulted in a great loss of Ukrainian research facilities, according to another a report In natural astronomy. The report mentioned. 2024 UNESCO a report It is estimated that 1.26 billion dollars is needed to restore the public research infrastructure in Ukraine.