Earth orbit
Kristall
Micrograv furnaces, particles.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Micrograv furnaces, particles. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1990-048; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 31 May 1990, 10:33:20 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Military Proton-K rocket launched the Kristall mission on Thursday, May 31, 1990 at 10:33 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Military
- Vehicle
- Proton-K
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1990-048
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- May 31, 1990, 10:33 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- May 31 1990
- Pad and location
- LC-200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 23 March 2001
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Kristall
Micrograv furnaces, particles.
- GCAT ID
- S20635
- Manufacturer
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Launch mass
- 19,500 kg
- Dimensions
- 12.5 m long · 4.4 m diameter · 12.5 m span
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Gallery
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