Earth is not enough: First fringes between effelsberg and RadioAstron using the DiFX correlator
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 11:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR, Bonn, Germany) and the Astro Space Center (ASC, Moscow, Russia) have obtained the first detection of interferometric signals between the Effelsberg 100 m telescope in Germany, and the RadioAstron spacecraft telescope orbiting the Earth using the DiFX software correlator.