The RadioAstron project: Measurements and analysis of basic parameters of space telescope in flight in 2011–2013

The RadioAstron project: Measurements and analysis of basic parameters of space telescope in flight in 2011–2013

Yuri Kovalev,V. I. Vasil’Kov,M. V. Popov,V. A. Soglasnov,P. A. Voitsik,M. M. Lisakov,A. M. Kut’Kin,N. Ya. Nikolaev,N. A. Nizhel’Skii,G. V. Zhekanis,P. G. Tsybulev;Yuri Kovalev;V. I. Vasil’Kov;M. V. Popov;V. A. Soglasnov;P. A. Voitsik;M. M. Lisakov;A. M. Kut’Kin;N. Ya. Nikolaev;N. A. Nizhel’Skii;G. V. Zhekanis;P. G. Tsybulev;
Cosmic Research 2014 Vol. 52 pp. 393-402
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Abstract

The results of a large number of the antenna radiometric measurements at bands of 92, 18, 6.2, 1.35, and 1.7-1.2 cm are presented by the data of the standard telemetry system of the Spektr-R spacecraft. Both special sessions of calibration object observations in the mode of a single space radio telescope (SRT) operation and numerous observations of researched sources in the mode of the ground-space interferometer were used. The obtained results agree with the first results of Kardashev et al. (2013), i.e., within 10–15% at bands of 92, 18, and 6.2 cm and 20–25% at the band of 1.35 cm. In the main, the measurements for the eight subbands at wavelengths of 1.7-1.2 cm indicate a monotonic increase in the spectral system equivalent flux density (SEFD) of noise radiation with a frequency consistent with the calculated estimates for the discussed model. The sensitivity of the ground-space interferometer for the five subbands at wavelengths from 1.35 to 1.7 cm can be higher by a factor of 1.5, and for the three subbands from 1.35 to 1.2 cm lower by a factor of 1.5 than at the band of 1.35 cm. The SRT contribution to the interferometer sensitivity proportional to the square root of SEFD is close to the design one at the bands of 92 and 18 cm and decreases the design sensitivity approximately by a factor of 1.5 and 2 at the bands of 6.2 and 1.35 cm, respectively. These differences of implemented values from the design ones were not significantly affected the scientific program implementation.

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