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INSTALLATION OF THREE NEW TELESCOPES AT BYURAKAN OBSERVATORY TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE MONITORING SYSTEM
YEREVAN, December 3. / ARKA /. Installation of three new telescopes
at Byurakan Observatory in Armenia will allow to incorporate it into
the international space monitoring system, former Russian ambassador
to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who is now director of regional
programs at the Caspian Institute of Cooperation, told ARKA.
He said the modernized observatory will work at full capacity by
the end of 2013. The modernization program is being conducted with
Russian Academy of Sciences and some Russian enterprises.
Five new Russia-manufactured telescopes will also be installed at
the observatory, the ambassador said.
During a Monday visit to Armenia, Russian president Vladimir Putin
said Russia and Armenia agreed to support joint high tech projects
and initiatives. He specified that the parties agreed to create a
communication satellite for Armenia and use the Byurakan observatory
for join space research.
The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) was founded in 1946
at the initiative of prominent astrophysicist Viktor Hambartsumyan,
who became its first director. The observatory is engaged largely in
studying the instability phenomena in the Universe. -0-
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YEREVAN, December 3. / ARKA /. Installation of three new telescopes
at Byurakan Observatory in Armenia will allow to incorporate it into
the international space monitoring system, former Russian ambassador
to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who is now director of regional
programs at the Caspian Institute of Cooperation, told ARKA.
He said the modernized observatory will work at full capacity by
the end of 2013. The modernization program is being conducted with
Russian Academy of Sciences and some Russian enterprises.
Five new Russia-manufactured telescopes will also be installed at
the observatory, the ambassador said.
During a Monday visit to Armenia, Russian president Vladimir Putin
said Russia and Armenia agreed to support joint high tech projects
and initiatives. He specified that the parties agreed to create a
communication satellite for Armenia and use the Byurakan observatory
for join space research.
The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) was founded in 1946
at the initiative of prominent astrophysicist Viktor Hambartsumyan,
who became its first director. The observatory is engaged largely in
studying the instability phenomena in the Universe. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/technology/installation_of_three_new_telescopes_at_byurakan_o bservatory_to_incorporate_it_into_the_internationa/#sthash.nRctfkHf.dpuf