There is a unique place a couple of dozen kilometers away from Yevpatoria, the huge antennas of which can be seen from afar. It was built in USSR and now the 40-th separate command and measuring complex as part of the Titov Main Test and Space Centre of the Aerospace Forces is located here.
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- The complex of buildings of a scientific tracking station was built in Crimea In 1960. It controlled the spacecraft "Echo", "Venera" and "Mars". Later, control of manned spacecraft was also implemented.
- The Center for Deep Space Communication was established there after the collapse of the USSR. In fact, the center turned from the military facility into a civil observatory under the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, but the military presence was necessary to maintain and ensure the efficiency of military radio telescopes.
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