Pluton (complex)
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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 85th Radiotechnical Center of Distance Communications with Space
Vitino, Pluton deep space communications planetary radars, Crimea
One of two receiving antenna arrays at North Station
Steerable frames constructed from battleship gun turrets and railway bridge trusses
Morse Message (1962)
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The Morse Message was a series of brief radio messages in Russian Morse code that were transmitted from the Evpatoria Planetary Radar complex and directed to the planet Venus in 1962.
Pluton (complex)
…and 24 November 1962, the words «MIR», «LENIN», and «SSSR» were sent in the direction of the star HD131336 in the constellation Libra. These messages (The Morse Message (1962)) are the first radio broadcasts for extraterrestrial civilizations in the history of mankind. The first Westerner to visit the site was British radio…
The first Soviet Planetary Radar, built in 1960, which sent the message in 1962. It is located in the Crimean town of Yevpatoria (Jevpatorija), Ukraine (then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic).