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The paper considers the design, features, and characteristics of the Russian space-ground very long baseline radio interferometer (VLBRI) RadioAstron.

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  1. Astrophysics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Andreyanov

  2. Lavochkin NPO (Science and Production Corporation), Khimki, Russia

    N. S. Kardashev & V. V. Khartov

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Andreyanov, N.S. Kardashev, V.V. Khartov, 2014, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2014, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 353–359.

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Andreyanov, V.V., Kardashev, N.S. & Khartov, V.V. Space-ground radio interferometer RadioAstron. Cosmic Res 52, 319–325 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952514050013

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