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The CHROMOS project was developed in the late 90s at GIKA under the leadership of academician Grigor Gurzadyan. The cooperation involved SKB LOMO (development and production of two telescopes and a number of instruments) and RSC Energia (creation of the CHROMOS satellite and ensuring its precise triaxial stabilization within 0.5 arcsec).

The Space Astrophysical Observatory CHROMOS was supposed to be a cluster of four (later of three) wide-field telescopes: LT-1 (LTA), LT-2 (DSS), OS and DS (DSL) with entrance diameters: 700 mm for LT-1 and LT- 2, 350 mm for OS and DS. The purposes of these telescopes were:

  • obtain direct photographic images of the starry sky in ultraviolet radiation at the center of wavelength 2000 (LT-1);
  • obtain ultraviolet spectral images with extremely high resolution (0.3 A) for many hundreds of stars simultaneously (LT-2, DS);
  • record continuous images of faint stars, galaxies, nebulae, etc. in the ultraviolet spectrum (OS):
  • use wide size films (220 mm) for LT-1 and LT-2, medium size films (110 mm) and CCD for OS and DS.
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Conclusion of the Institute of Space Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences on the CHROMOS project

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Draft appeal to the USSR Council of Ministers on the project CHROMOSCopy from the transcript of the discussion of the project CHROMOS in the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
G.I.Marchuk – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, (1986-91),
Yu.D.Maslyukov – member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1989-1990), First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR,
A.A.Boyarchuk – Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1987-2003),
R.Z.Sagdeev – Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Space Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1973-1988),
P.V.Finogenov – Minister of Defense Industry of the USSR (1979-1989).

From RSC Energia design developments for the CHROMOS project

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