In April, the 100-meter Radio Telescope Effelsberg in Germany was tied in via fiber optics to radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank in the U.K.

• 四月，德国埃费尔斯贝格的百米射电望远镜由光纤与处于英国焦德雷尔班克、意大利梅迪奇纳、瑞典奥萨拉以及波兰托伦等观测站的射电望远镜连接起来。