A need for the post-delivery support and participation in tests was again confirmed at the meeting. A review of the status of international agreements on Radioastron has been done. The agreements with NASA and Canadian Space Agency are still in the draft phase, and no firm dates of signing them were given by the Agencies. The date of the next RISC meeting was not fixed. 18 cm receiver has passed autonomous tests without computer controlled test set.
Attempts continue to make corrections in the test software to make it operational.
The noise calibration control of the 6-cm receiver engineering model failed. The cause may be in a damaged opto-electronic insulator. The receiver might be returned to Dwingeloo for repair. It was shipped to Neuchatel for repair.