The VLBI Space Observatory Programme and the Radio-Astronomical Satellite HALCA

H Hirabayashi ,Larry R D'Addario,John M Benson,Tsutomu Ichikawa,Takeshi Miyaji,Kiyoaki Wajima,Tomofumi Umemoto,Yasuhiro Murata,Yoshihiro Chikada,Hideyuki Kobayashi,David L Meier,Seiji Kameno,Takeshi Bushimata,Edward B Fomalont,Noriyuki Kawaguchi,Kenta Fujisawa,Makoto Inoue,S Horiuchi ,J G Smith ,Kazunori Shibata ,J E J Lovell ,Manabu Morimoto ,Jun Nakajima ,S M Dougherty ,S J Tingay ,D W Murphy ,L I Gurvits ,A R Taylor ,R D Wietfeldt ,R T Schilizzi ,R Okayasu ,Y Takahashi ,Philip Edwards ,R A Preston ,R S Booth ,P E Dewdney ,D L Jauncey ,G Moellenbrock ,M J Claussen ,Zhiqiang Shen ,J S Ulvestad ,A K Tzioumis ,W H Cannon ,C Flatters ,I M Avruch ,J Ellis ,G I Langston ,S Enome ,Anthony Minter ,H Hirosawa ,Yoshiharu Asaki ,T Kii ,Takashi Kimura ,J D Romney ,M V Popov

doi:10.1093/pasj/52.6.955

The VLBI Space Observatory Programme and the Radio-Astronomical Satellite HALCA

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Journal: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan	Publication Date: Dec 1, 2000
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Affiliation: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Australia Telescope National Facility, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, University of Calgary, Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Hosei University, Kanagawa University, Chalmers University of Technology, York University, Astro Space Center

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Abstract The radio astronomy satellite HALCA was launched by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in 1997 February to participate in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations with arrays of ground radio telescopes. HALCA is the main element of the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP), a complex international endeavor involving over 25 ground radio telescopes, five tracking stations and three correlators. Simultaneous observations with HALCA's 8 meter diameter radio telescope and ground radio telescopes synthesize a radio telescope over twice the size of the Earth, enabling the highest resolution 1.6 GHz and 5 GHz images to be made.

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