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Kvant
Coded mask telescope.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Coded mask telescope. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1987-030; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 31 March 1987, 00:06:16 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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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
Kvant
Coded mask telescope.
- GCAT ID
- S17845
- Manufacturer
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Launch mass
- 11,050 kg
- Dimensions
- 5.8 m long · 4.2 m diameter · 5.8 m span
Kvant FSB
GCAT program: TKS.
- GCAT ID
- S17851
- Manufacturer
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Launch mass
- 9,550 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 m long · 4.2 m diameter · 15 m span
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