Earth orbit
Gamma
Gamma ray telescope.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Gamma ray telescope. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1990-058; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 11 July 1990, 10:00:00 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U2
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Soyuz-U2 rocket launched the Gamma mission on Wednesday, July 11, 1990 at 10:00 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U2
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1990-058
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jul 11, 1990, 10:00 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jul 11 1990
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 28 February 1992
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Gamma
Gamma ray telescope.
- GCAT ID
- S20683
- Manufacturer
- NPO Energiya
- Launch mass
- 7,320 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.7 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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