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LOFAR FR606 High Band Array

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/SRN/FR606/HBA

Description

LOFAR is an interferometer with about 50 000 antennas grouped in 50 stations through
Europe, with 60% of them located in the Netherlands. It has been running since 2012. Nançay's
LOFAR station is composed of 2 antennas array and one shipment container housing the receptors
and the computing systems. It is connected to a central supercomputer in Groningen, Netherlands.
The key scientific objectives are deep sky surveys, the study of reionisation epoch, of variable
sources like pulsars, jets, eruptive stars, planets and exoplanets, the detection of very high
energy cosmic rays, and the interplanetary medium physics.
LOFAR High Band Array (HBA) covers the spectral range from 120 to 270 MHz

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Version:2.7.1

Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/SRN/FR606/HBA
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
LOFAR FR606 High Band Array
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:25:25Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2020-07-01 13:31:00Z
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:25:25Z
Note
Added HelioData InformationURL, Updated to SPASE Version 2.7.1. JWL
Description

LOFAR is an interferometer with about 50 000 antennas grouped in 50 stations through
Europe, with 60% of them located in the Netherlands. It has been running since 2012. Nançay's
LOFAR station is composed of 2 antennas array and one shipment container housing the receptors
and the computing systems. It is connected to a central supercomputer in Groningen, Netherlands.
The key scientific objectives are deep sky surveys, the study of reionisation epoch, of variable
sources like pulsars, jets, eruptive stars, planets and exoplanets, the detection of very high
energy cosmic rays, and the interplanetary medium physics.
LOFAR High Band Array (HBA) covers the spectral range from 120 to 270 MHz

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/Jean-Mathias.Griessmeier
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Baptiste.Cecconi
InformationURL
InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
Description

The HelioData mission page provides an overview of the mission and more, such as all SPASE dataset records associated with it.

ObservatoryGroupID
ObservatoryGroupID
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Surface
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Latitude
47.375525
Longitude
2.192500
Elevation
182.1
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2011-11-30 00:00:00.000Z