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The first document discusses a new transformer oil developed by Azerbaijani scientists that extends the lifespan of superhigh-voltage power transmission line equipment by five times. This oil surpasses all other oils currently in use for similar purposes.
The second document reports on the progress of the "Soyuz-38" spaceship, piloted by an international crew. The cosmonauts have completed 10 orbits around the Earth and executed a maneuver for the long-distance approach to the orbiting complex "Salyut-6".
The third document announces the opening of a new higher military political school in Tallinn, Estonia. The school was opened by General-Major V. Gnezdilov and received congratulatory speeches from various officials.
The fourth and final document discusses the construction of a large solar vacuum telescope at the Baykal Astrophysical Observatory in Russia. The telescope will be one of the largest in the country and will have a theoretical resolution power of 0.2 angular seconds. Adjustments of the telescope are expected to begin later in the year.
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Title: IMPROVED TRANSFORMER OIL FOR
SUPERHIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINES
Primary source: Vyshka, September
13, 1980, No. 212 (15176), p. 2, cols.
4-7
Extract: A new transformer oil leng-
thens the service life of superhigh-
voltagelpower transmission line equip-
ment by five times. A process for
manufacturing this oil has been devel-
oped by Azerbaydzhan scientists. With
respect to properties, it substantial-
ly surpasses all oils in use for sim-
ilar purposes.
Doctor of Technical Sciences R. Sh.
Kuliyev, head of an oil chemistry and
technology laboratory, told an Azerin-
form correspondent: "Heightened
demands are being made in oils that
are used for filling large-capacity
transformers. And in creative colla-
boration with our colleagues of the
All-Union Scientific Research Insti-
tute of the Oil Refining Industry
and industrial specialists of the
Baku Oil Refinery, we have succeeded,
through intensive refining, in devel-
oping an oil that meets these require-
ments."
Title: "SOYUZ-38" CREW EXECUTES
"SALYUT-6" APPROACH MANEUVER
Primary source: Komsomol'skaya pravda,
September 20, 1980, No. 219 (16925),
p. 1, cols. 6-7
Entire text: Space Flight Control
Center, September 19 (TASS)--As of
1:00 p.m., Moscow time, the spaceship
"Soyuz-38", which is piloted by an
international crew, had completed 10
orbits around the earth.
Cosmonauts Yuriy Romanenko and
Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez have carried
out planned operations for monitoring
the ship's onboard systems, and they
have executed the first twin-pulse
maneuver for the long-distance approach
to the orbiting complex "Salyut-6"--
"Soyuz-37".
Following the correction of the
flight trajectory, the orbit para-
meters of the "Soyuz-38" spaceship
are: maximum distance from the surface
of the earth--320 kilometers; minimum
distance from the surface of the earth
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On board the scientific research
complex "Salyut-6"--"Soyuz-37", Leonid
Popov and Valeriy Ryumin are preparing
for the upcoming docking with the
"Soyuz-38" spaceship.
The flight of the manned spacecraft
is proceeding in accordance with the
program.
The cosmonauts--comrades Popov,
Ryumin, Romanenko and Tamayo Mendez--
are feeling well.
Title: NEW HIGHER MILITARY POLITICAL
SCHOOL IN TALLIN
Primary source: Sovetskaya Estoniya,
September 2, 1980, No. 203 (11200),
p. 1, cols. 1-4
Extract: September
down in the history
Higher Military
Construction as
new educational
A
this
1, 1980, will
of the Tallin
Political School
the first day of
institution.
of
this
event. It was opened by General-
Major V. Gnezdilov, the head of the
school. Words of congratulation were
spoken by A. B. Upsi,
the Central Committee
Party of Estonia, and
Lukin, deputy head of
administration of the
District.
secretary of
of the Communist
by Colonel V.
the political
Baltic Military
(Irkutsk)
Title: SOLAR VACUUM TELESCOPE AT
BAYKAL OBSERVATORY
Primary source: Sovetskaya Rossiya,
September 19, 1980, No. 217 (7368),
p. 2, col. 8
Entire text: The shore of the
near the village of Listvinichnyy
is
the site of the Baykal Astrophysical
Observatory of the Siberian Institute
of Earth M tism, the
an ropagation o Radio Waves
o t e Siberian ranch of
the USSR Academy of Sciences. 'A
large solar vacuum telescope that will
be one of the largest in the country
is being erected here. The height of
the support tower on which the 10-ton
mirror device is mounted is 24 meters,
and the length of the optical tube
--278 kilometers; period of revolution-- exceeds 40 meters. With the aid of a
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powerful twin lens, it will be possi-
ble to obtain an image of the sun 390
millimeters in diameter. The theoret-
ical resolution power of the telescope
is 0.2 of an angular second.
Adjustment of the gigantic astron-
omy instrument should begin late this
year. Associates of SibIZMIR who are
taking part in this are working hard
to bring this moment closer.
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