The Yebes Radio Observatory (operated by the IGN Osservatorio Astronómico Nacional) operates two radio telescopes, one with a 40m antenna diameter and another with a 13.2m antenna diameter. The 40m antenna works in the 1-116 GHz frequency band and is used for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and single dish observations. The 14m telescope operates in the S- and X-bands and participates in the RAEGE project as part of the ongoing development of a VLBI Geodetic Observing System, VGOS.
Telescope 1:
geographic longitude: | – 03° 05′ 13″ |
geographic latitude: | 40° 31′ 28.8″ |
altitude above sea level: | 980 m |
diameter of telescope: | 40 m |
minimum elevation: | 5° |
Available observing mode: EVN VLBI, single dish, spectroscopy

Telescope 2:
geographic longitude: | – 03° 05′ 18.7″ |
geographic latitude: | 40° 31′ 24.5″ |
altitude above sea level: | 978 m |
diameter of telescope: | 13.2 m |
minimum elevation: | 5° |
Available observing mode: IVS VGOS (VLBI Global Observing System)

Frequencies used currently:
Frequency band | Observing mode |
2 – 15 GHz | 13m single dish, VLBI |
2200 – 2370 MHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
3000.4 – 3512.4 MHz | 13m IVS VGOS |
3220 – 3390 MHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
4 – 18 GHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
4500 – 9000 MHz | 40 single dish, VLBI |
5240.4 – 5752.4 MHz | 13m IVS VGOS |
6360.4 – 6872.4 MHz | 13m IVS VGOS |
4800 – 6700 MHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
8100 – 8900 MHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
10.20004 – 10.7124 GHz | 13m IVS VGOS |
18 – 32 GHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
21 – 25 GHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
28 – 33 GHz | VLBI |
31.5 – 50 GHz | 40m single dish, VLBI, in prep. |
72 – 90.5 GHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
83 – 116 GHz | 40m single dish, VLBI |
Research programs: mm-wave spectroscopy of interstellar and circumstellar matter, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, IVS VGOS.