3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Extending the SKA Across Africa: The Case for a Continental African VLBI Network
Emmanuel K. Bempong-Manful, Jompoj Wongphechauxsorn, Jack Radcliffe +31
The African continent holds the key to unlocking the full potential of global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). Strategic placement of radio telescopes across Africa provid…
astro-ph.HE2026
Unique Science Opportunities for Space VLBI Systems with the SKA Telescopes
Y. Y. Kovalev, G. Bruni, T. An +17
To date, two dedicated Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (SVLBI) missions, the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) and RadioAstron, have provided groundbreaking insights…
astro-ph.GA2026
The Celestial Reference Frame at K Band: The CRF-K-2025 Catalog
David Gordon, Aletha de Witt, Christopher S. Jacobs +10
We present an updated K band (24 GHz) celestial reference frame (CRF) constructed from 3.5 million Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations collected during 211 observ…