The occupiers were scattered the world's largest low-frequency UTR-2 radio telescope (photo)

On February 24, 2022, the UTR-2 station was to help NASA to study Jupiter, but a full-scale invasion came. For more than a year, radio telescope has not been in the Kharkiv region the world's largest low-frequency UTR-2 radio telescope. During the occupation, Russian troops stole equipment, electronics and power cables. This was reported in the Novinarna report. Last autumn, the Ukrainian defense forces broke the enemy in the Kharkiv region.

This is how the territory where the UTR-2 radio telescope is located (Ukrainian T-shaped radio telescope of Decameter Waves of the 2nd modification. " reaches administrative buildings. Garages where scientists were broken. Cars and trucks are broken, the same with the transformer. Anatoly has been following the territory, who has been working on an object for 30 years. He temporarily moved to the Dnieper during the occupation. the driver of the minibus.

He explained that the UTR-2 territory is not exchanged, so you can walk only on trampled trails or asphalt. On February 24, 2022, scientists on the UTR-2 telescope should help NASA Juno's mission with the study of Jupiter. Instead, they had to flee from Russian tanks instead . Director of the Institute of Radiostronomy in Kharkiv Vyacheslav Zakharenko says that as of the fall of 2023, about a third of workers returned to work. The equipment of the Russians stolen or burned.

"In our garages they repaired their equipment. For some reason they shot some of the trucks. Maybe drunk were? When they fled, they went on everything that could go. Slung us a diesel generator. They were drawn from there with aluminum for some reason. Our cars also stole, "Anatoly says. The control point of the telescope is broken. There was a flooded floor. And above him was the hospital hospital. Despite all the destruction and constant lack of funds, the team tries to look for sources of funding.