The VLBI space observatory programme and the radio-astronomical satellite HALCA

Authors
Hirabayashi, H Hirosawa, H Kobayashi, H Murata, Y Asaki, Y Avruch, IM Edwards, PG Fomalont, EB Ichikawa, T Kii, T Okayasu, R Wajima, K Inoue, M Kawaguchi, N Chikada, Y Bushimata, T Fujisawa, K Horiuchi, S Kameno, S Miyai, T Shibata, KM Shen, ZQ Uemoto, T Kasuga, T Nakajima, J Takahashi, Y Enome, S Morimoto, M Ellis, J Meier, DL Murphy, DW Preston, RA Smith, JG Wietfeldt, RD Benson, JM Claussen, MJ Flatters, C Moellenbrock, GA Romney, JD Ulvestad, JS Langston, GI Minter, AH D'Addario, LR Dewdney, PE Dougherty, SM Jauncey, DL Lovell, JEJ Tingay, SJ Tzioumis, AK Taylor, AR Cannon, WH Gurvits, LI Schilizzi, RT Booth, RS Popov, MV
Citation
H. Hirabayashi et al., The VLBI space observatory programme and the radio-astronomical satellite HALCA, PUB AST S J, 52(6), 2000, pp. 955-965
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
ISSN journal
00046264 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
955 - 965
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6264(2000)52:6<955:TVSOPA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The radio astronomy satellite HALCA was launched by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in 1997 February to participate in Very Long Base line Interferometry (VLBI) observations with arrays of ground radio telesco pes. HALCA is the main element of the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSO P), a complex international endeavor involving over 25 ground radio telesco pes, five tracking stations and three correlators. Simultaneous observation s with HALCA's 8 meter diameter radio telescope and ground radio telescopes synthesize a radio telescope over twice the size of the Earth, enabling th e highest resolution 1.6 GHz and 5 GHz images to be made.