OHB AG: 64-metre radio telescope developed and manufactured by MT Mechatronics inaugurated in Sardinia
(firmenpresse) - (DGAP-Media / 01.10.2013 / 13:05)
Bremen/ San Basilio, Cagliari, 1 October 2013. Yesterday, Italy's largest
radio telescope was officially inaugurated. Some 1,200 international guests
from political circles and the scientific and business community attended
the roughly six-hour ceremony during which the telescope demonstrated its
mobility to the tune of traditional Sardinian music. The large-scale
telescope was built with a total order volume of 30 million euros by
Mainz-based MT Mechatronics GmbH, an enterprise of the European space and
technology group OHB AG (ISIN: DE0005936124, Prime Standard).
Thanks to this construction of the century, Sardinia will gain global
significance in the field of astronomic research. The state-of-the-art and
fully movable large-scale telescope for radio astronomy weighing 3,000 tons
was inaugurated in the presence of the State Secretary of the Ministry for
Education, Universities, and Research, Prof. Marco Rossi-Doria, the
President of the Institute for Astrophysics INAF, Prof. Giovanni Bignami
and numerous other high-ranking guests. Company founder Prof. Dott. Ing.
h.c. Manfred Fuchs was on site to represent the OHB Group. 'We're proud of
the MT Team and of being able to make a further key contribution towards
research of the universe,' said Fuchs, who was born in Italy.
The radio telescope in Sardinia is the largest telescope erected in Europe
in the past 40 years. With a reflector diameter of 64 metres, it is one of
the three largest radio telescopes existing in Europe. It is designed for
an observation frequency of up to 100 GHZ and features leading-edge
equipment and technology. For instance, the main reflector consisting of
over 1,000 single, ultra-precision aluminium panels can electrically adjust
the gravity distortions arising when the equipment is turned. The telescope
was manufactured according to the detailed drawings provided by MT
Mechatronics in individual parts in a number of countries. In Sardinia, the
telescope was completely assembled in a period of several years. In
addition to the challenges involved in telescope design, the 500-ton
reflector pre-assembled on the ground was lifted onto the reflector
mountings by crane in a single movement.
Contact:
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Fax: +49 (0)421 - 2020-9898
E-mail: pr(at)ohb.de
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