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Northeastern Space Radio Observatory

Coordinates: 3°52′41″S 38°25′33″W / 3.8781°S 38.4258°W / -3.8781; -38.4258
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Northeastern Space Radio Observatory
Location(s)Eusébio, Ceará, Brazil
Coordinates3°52′41″S 38°25′33″W / 3.8781°S 38.4258°W / -3.8781; -38.4258 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationNational Institute for Space Research Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope styleradio telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitewww.roen.inpe.br/index_e.htm Edit this at Wikidata
Northeastern Space Radio Observatory is located in Brazil
Northeastern Space Radio Observatory
Location of Northeastern Space Radio Observatory

The Northeastern Space Radio Observatory (Portuguese: Rádio-Observatório Espacial do Nordeste - ROEN) is a 14.2 m (47 ft) radio dish antenna located in the municipality of Eusébio in the state of Ceará, Brazil, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Fortaleza. The facility is owned by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and managed by the Center of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (CRAAM). It was initially funded by several by Brazilian institutions and the United States National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[1] It has been operating since 1993 and is used primarily for geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI).

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  1. ^ "Northeastern Space Radio Observatory - ROEN". INPE - Unidade de Fortaleza. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-05.