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Merits of Space VLBI Missions for Geodynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jozsef Adam  and
Ivan I. Mueller
Jozsef Adam
Affiliation:
Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.43210-1247
Ivan I. Mueller
Affiliation:
Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.43210-1247

Abstract

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Two dedicated space VLBI projects are currently in preparation to launch one or more VLBI radio telescopes in orbit between 1993-1996. One in the Soviet Union called RADIOASTRON is already an approved and funded mission. The second one is a Japanese orbiting VLBI mission called VSOP. There is a Western European mission with NASA participation in Phase A Study at ESA called QUASAT. Although this project was not approved by ESA at the end of 1988, it might still be taken into consideration during the next decade. In the meantime in 1986 a successful demonstration of space VLBI was made at the first attempt using the NASA TDRSS satellite.

Type
V. Long Term Future Issues
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 507
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990