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The aim of the World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet - WSO-UV mission is to study the Universe in the 100 - 320 nm ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths range, which is beyond the reach of ground-based instruments. WSO-UV is a major international collaboration with Russia playing the leading role. The project has been included into the Federal Space Program of Russia.
Russia manufactures the main instrument of the observatory - a 170-cm telescope to be equipped with high- and low-resolution spectrometers (Germany), long-slit spectrometer and cameras for high-quality UV and optical imaging (Spain). Astronomers are in great need of such an observatory.
By its potential, the WSO-UV mission is similar to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), though it exceeds HST in spectroscopic capabilities.
The WSO-UV project is based on an organizational concept having at its core to ensure the broadest possible international cooperation and provide the astronomical community with the most
