During the Soviet Union, the countries were called Iron Curtain countries because the news from inside could not reach the outside world. One of the first leaks was about the Kalyazin RT-64 radio telescope. Although it may look abandoned, it is an active Russian observatory. It was built in 1974 and has been in operation since 1992. Although many believe that it initially had a different use.
In 2016, it participated in the Astrobiology Program in collaboration with ESA, Roscosmos and ExoMars. A team of 17 scientists uses it to study pulsars, white dwarfs and distant galaxies. This powerful telescope is helping to unravel the cosmic mysteries of various objects in space, from faint stars.
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