Pluton

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Pluton is a system of deep space communications and planetary radar in Crimea. It was built in the Deep-Space Communication Center area Eighty-Fifth Radiotechnical Center of Distance Communications with Space Objects;;; near Yevpatoria in 1960, and consists of at least three antennas. Three of them are of the ADU-1000 design, an assembly of eight reflector antennas, each with diameter of 16 metres. At the North Station, two receiving antennas were built, and a transmitter was constructed 8.5 kilometres away at the South Station. ()

Local name: АДУ-1000 Coordinates: 45°10'13"N, 33°15'11"E

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Pluton – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope, Evpatorijskij maak.

3.4 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope
88 min walk • The Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope is an RT-70 radio telescope and planetary radar at the Center for Deep Space Communications, Yevpatoria, Crimea. In the scientific literature is often called Evpatoria Planetary Radar. With its 70-meter antenna diameter, it is among the largest single dish radio telescopes in the world.
1.5 miSE
Lighthouse
Evpatorijskij maak, Zaozerne
40 min walk • The St. Eupatori lighthouse is a lighthouse installed on the pivotal one-member mine in the Kalamitskiy floods.

Pluton

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Pluton – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Yevpatoria RT-70 radio telescope

Evpatorijskij maak, Zaozerne