The “Quasar” Network Observations in e-VLBI Mode Within the Russian Domestic VLBI Programs

Andrey Finkelstein, Alexander Ipatov, Michael Kaidanovsky, Ilia Bezrukov, Andrey Mikhailov, Alexander Salnikov, Igor Surkis, Elena Skurikhina

IVS 2010 General Meeting Proceedings “VLBI2010: From Vision to Reality”, Dirk Behrend and Karen D. Baver (eds), 148–152 (2010)

Abstract

The purpose of the Russian VLBI “Quasar” Network is to carry out astrometrical and geodynamical investigations. Since 2006 purely domestic observational programs with data processing at the IAA correlator have been carried out. To maintain these geodynamical programs e-VLBI technology is being developed and tested. This paper describes the IAA activity of developing a real-time VLBI system using high-speed digital communication links.