Roscosmos and the Japanese Agency of Aerospace Research (JAXA) signed an agreement on the creation of the Ultraviolet Space Observatory “Spectrum-UV”. About this in an interview with RIA Novosti, Deputy Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mikhail Sachkov, told.
According to Sachkov, from 2021, Japan is a full-fledged member of the project. The parties agreed on the manufacture of a spectrograph for the study of the atmosphere of exoplanet.
The World Space Observatory is ultraviolet “is intended for observations of cosmic bodies in an unavailable area of the ultraviolet spectrum for ground telescopes. For its capabilities, she is close to the American Space Telescope Hubble (“Hubble”). With its help, scientists will study physical processes in the early Universe: the formation of stars, the evolution of galaxies, the processes of falling a substance in black holes and much more.
The telescope will be equipped with a mirror with a diameter of 1.7 meters, as well as high and low resolution spectrographs. They will allow high-quality images in the ultraviolet range. The first flight “Spectrum-UV” is scheduled to be made not earlier than 2025, the device will go to space from the East space.
In mid-July, it was reported that 3.68 billion rubles were allocated for the construction of the “Russian Hubble”. The means are assumed to master up to 2025 for the development of working design documentation for the components of the space complex, including the composite parts of the spacecraft (KA), the manufacture and testing of the components and the complex of scientific equipment in 2021-2025. “