@article{WildKardashevLikhachevetal.2009, author = {Wolfgang Wild and Nikolay S. Kardashev and S. F. Likhachev and N. G. Babakin and V. Y. Arkhipov and I. S. Vinogradov and V. V. Andreyanov and S. D. Fedorchuk and N. V. Myshonkova and Y. A. Alexsandrov and I. D. Novokov and G. N. Goltsman and A. M. Cherepaschuk and B. M. Shustov and A. N. Vystavkin and V. P. Koshelets and V. F. Vdovin and Th. de Graauw and F. Helmich and F. vd Tak and R. Shipman and A. Baryshev and J. R. Gao and P. Khosropanah and P. Roelfsema and P. Barthel and M. Spaans and M. Mendez and T. Klapwijk and F. Israel and M. Hogerheijde and P. vd Werf and J. Cernicharo and J. Martin-Pintado and P. Planesas and J. D. Gallego and G. Beaudin and J. M. Krieg and M. Gerin and L. Pagani and P. Saraceno and A. M. Di Giorgio and R. Cerulli and R. Orfei and L. Spinoglio and L. Piazzo and R. Liseau and V. Belitsky and S. Cherednichenko and A. Poglitsch and W. Raab and R. Guesten and B. Klein and J. Stutzki}, title = {Millimetron - a large Russian-European submillimeter space observatory}, series = {Experimental Astronomy}, volume = {23}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, issn = {0922-6435}, doi = {10.1007/s10686-008-9097-6}, pages = {221 -- 244}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Millimetron is a Russian-led 12 m diameter submillimeter and far-infrared space observatory which is included in the Space Plan of the Russian Federation for launch around 2017. With its large collecting area and state-of-the-art receivers, it will enable unique science and allow at least one order of magnitude improvement with respect to the Herschel Space Observatory. Millimetron will be operated in two basic observing modes: as a single-dish observatory, and as an element of a ground-space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) system. As single-dish, angular resolutions on the order of 3 to 12 arc sec will be achieved and spectral resolutions of up to a million employing heterodyne techniques. As VLBI antenna, the chosen elliptical orbit will provide extremely large VLBI baselines (beyond 300,000 km) resulting in micro-arc second angular resolution.}, language = {en} }