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Yebes Observatory has accumulated over five decades of experience in radio astronomy, technological development and space geodesy, making it a potential relevant partner in the design and future operation of next-generation facilities such as AtLAST.
At its core, Yebes operates a 40-meter single-dish radio telescope equipped with ultra-wideband, highly sensitive cryogenic receivers covering bands up to 90 GHz, working both as a standalone facility and as part of major VLBI networks. It has a long track record in high-sensitivity, wide bandwidth single-dish operations that directly mirrors AtLAST's observational philosophy.
The observatory also hosts a receiver technology group with 40 years of experience designing and building cryogenic front-ends and low-noise amplifiers for radio astronomy, with contributions to various international telescopes and instruments like ALMA & IRAM, and expertise in wideband receiver design directly applicable to the instrumentation challenges of a 50-meter class submillimeter telescope.
Yebes is additionally a geodetic core station contributing to the maintenance of the ITRF and ICRF, rounding out a uniquely broad institutional profile for a mid-sized observatory.