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NEWS May 16-17, 2011 WSO-UV technical meetings with participation of Russian and Spanish teams took place at Universidad Complutence de Madrid (UCM). Questions concerning WSO-UV Ground Segment and ISSIS were discussed. May 12-15, 2011 The exhibition Science And Technical Innovations of Russia takes place in Madrid. It is one of the main events of the Year of Russia in Spain and the Year of Spain in Russia. Significant place at this exhibition belongs to the achievements of Russia in space exploration. A special attention is paid at the WSO-UV as at the most important item of collaboration between Spain and Russia in the field of space research. WSO-UV is presented at this exhibition by three organizations - INASAN, Roscosmos and SENER. February 12, 2010
The test communication session between the Universidad
Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
and Institute of Astronomy RAS
(Moscow, Russia) was held. During the session the successful work of all
basic systems of the ground segment (located in Russia and in Spain) was
demonstrated. The official persons have attended this event including
representatives from Russian and Spanish embassies, space agencies of
both countries, scientists as well as experts from industry from Russia
and Spain.
January, 2010 The registration to the International conference Ultraviolet Universe - 2010 (May 31- June 4, 2010 , St.-Petersburg, Russia) is beginning. details on the cinference and registration see here>> January, 2010 the Decision on cooperation in development of the WSO-UV project between Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Russia and National Space Agency of Ukraine has been signed. In the framework of this decision Ukraine will take part in study and assessment of the optics of the T-170M telescope. December 23, 2009 The Agreement between the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Russia and the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) on cooperation in the Development of the Field Camera Unit for the "World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet" Project was signed. In accordance with this agreement Spain provides the Field camera unit (ISSIS) – one of science instruments of the observatory for high quality imaging in UV and optical ranges. September 29-October 3, 2008, Madrid Series of meetings on WSO-UV project were held. At the Workshop on Scientific Software WSO (September 29-30, 2008) experts from
NASA and ESA shared their experience in development of the software for scientific data processing for big space projects (Hubble Space Telescope, Herschel etc.) and gave their recommendations for the WSO-UV project. Discussion of these questions has also become one of the topics of the Spanish-Russian technical meeting on WSO-UV ground segment held on October 1. May 19-20, 2008 All-Russian Conference "Ultraviolet Universe - 2008", May 19-20, Moscow, Russia March 3, 2008 On
February 19-22 2008 two meetings on the WSO-UV were held in Beijing, China: in
China
National Space Administration with participation of representatives of
Federal
Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Institute
of Astronomy, RAS (INASAN) and in National
Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)
with representatives of INASAN
and Lavochkin Association. Announcement
on preparation of the Agreement between ROSCOSMOS and CNSA at Roscosmos
web site (in Russian only) December 3, 2007, Moscow, Russia The
Agreement between the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology
(Spain) and the
Federal Space Agency (Russia) on the time sharing policy and the
property rights of the scientific data obtained with the World Space
Observatory-Ultraviolet Project.is signed
June 25-26, 2007, Moscow, Russia Russian-Spanish Meeting on the WSO-UV Ground Segment has been held in Lavochkin Association (Moscow). The items concerning technical details of collaboration, structure of the ground segment and segregation of duties have been discussed. The meeting was held in accordance with the work plan in the framework of the Agreement between Roscosmos and CDTI. June 26, 2007, Moscow, Russia WSO-UV Technical sub-Meeting of the Third Meeting of China-Russia Joint Working Group on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration has been held in Lavochkin Association (Moscow).
June 21, 2007, Moscow, Russia The meeting of representatives from Roscosmos and Italian Space Agency (ASI). The collaboration on the World Space Observatory – Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) Project in the framework of the Agreement between Roscosmos and ASI on cooperation in the field of the astrophysical research in the ultraviolet domain according to the WSO-UV Project has been discussed. June 21-22, 2007, Moscow, Russia The WSO-UV Project technical meeting was held at the Institute of Astronomy, RAS. More information on the meeting Federal Space Agency of Russia
(Roscosmos) and the Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) signed the agreement
on cooperation in the field of astrophysical research in the ultraviolet domain according to the ''World Space
Observatory- Ultraviolet Project.
Both agencies compromise to colaborate in the elaboration of the scientific
program and on the scientific management of the project. From the technical point of view, both agencies compromise to develop, in close
colaboration, the ground segment for the ``WSO/UV'' project. CDTI compromises
to fund the development of the Remote Control System for the Ground Stations
Control center, the Mission Operations Center (MOC), the Science Operations Center (SOC), the Science Archive and the Scientific Data Processing
Center. CDTI also compromises to support the operations of the WSO/UV satellite during its lifetime.
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