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“Space debris” detection station to be launched in Byurakan Observatory in September


Byurakan Observatory
Byurakan Observatory

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Director of the Observatory Hayk Harutyunian
Director of the Observatory Hayk Harutyunian

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Yerevan/Mediamax/. Automate "Space debris” detection station will be launched in Byurakan Observatory in September.

As Director of the Observatory Hayk Harutyunian said today, three new telescopes with 30-35 cm diameter will be delivered to Byurakan Observatory within the framework of the joint Armenian-Russian project for “space debris” detection, Mediamax reports.

 

Two other telescopes - the Schmidt telescope and the 2,6-meter telescope- will be also modernized within the framework of the project.

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