National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria

National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria

Special Thanks to NSAU, (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Antenna used for Communications with Gagarin

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

S-Band Antenna for Satellite TTC

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Spacecraft Control Room in National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria

Special Thanks to NSAU, (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center, Eupatoria

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

RT-70 Radio Astronomical Telescope

Special Thanks to NSAU, (C) Seiji Yoshimoto

RT-70 Radio Astronomical Telescope

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Laser Tracking Station

Courtesy of NSAU,

Array of 8 huge Parabolic Antennas

Courtesy of NSAU

National Space Facilities Control and Testing Center

is a part of National Space Agency of Ukraine. The Center unifies spacecraft control ground facilities and geophysical status control facilities.

Control of spacecrafts of Ukranian and international programs.

• Control of technical facilities on seismic and other geophysical status of the Ukraine and throughout the world.

• Radio astronomical, radio interferometer and other experiments for National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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The Center started its operation on 4 October, 1957 by reciving signals from the world's first satellite, Sputnik-1.
It also provided radio communications with Y.O. Gagarin, the first cosmonaut on 12 April, 1961,

RT-70 Radio Astronomical Telescope

Since 1978 a large astronomical telescope RТ-70 with a 70m diameter antenna has been operating and participanting in deep space programs. This telescope can also work as a powerful space radar.

The Center is located in Crimea seaside near Eupatoria, Ukraine.

Eupatoria City

Typical Resort Hotel in Eupatoria

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Eupatoria City

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Eupatoria City

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Eupatoria City

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Eupatoria City

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Eupatoria City

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Eupatoria in April

2007-04 (C) Marianna Vinokurova

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Eupatoria

(or spelled as Yevpatoriya) is a city in Crimia, Ukraina with a population of about 100,000 people. It is a major seaport of Black sea and a resort area.

Yalta

Yalta

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Yalta

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Swallow's nest, a Neo-Gothic style castle near Yalta built in 1912.

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

Botanical Garden near Yalta

(C) Seiji Yoshimoto

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Yalta

is a city on southern coast of the Crimean peninsula near Eupatoria. It is a holiday resort with several hotels, sanitoria along the Black Sea. There are beaches along the embankment where people relax and go swimming. Its climate is mild and similar to that of Mediterranean.

Yalta is well known by "Yalta Conference" in 1945 among the big three : the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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