NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Spektr-M (Millimetron)

Launch Time
NET 2029

Rocket

Angara A5/Briz-M
Image Credit: VKS RF
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $100.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 9,610 kN
Payload to LEO: 23,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,400 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 55.4 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 15.2 m

Mission Details

Spektr-M (Millimetron)

Millimetron space observatory (Spektr-M) is a project of Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute , Russian Academy of Sciences (ASC LPI). It will be a 10-meter space telescope designed to study various objects in the Universe at millimeter and infrared wavelengths from 0.07 to 10 mm. The observatory has two operational modes: Space-Earth interferometer and the single-dish. The first mode will provide high angular resolution up to 10-8 – 10-9 arcseconds to study the structure of the most compact objects in the Universe – supermassive black holes. The second mode will have the best sensitivity to study the weakest sources of the Universe.

Payloads: 1
Sun–Earth L2

Location

Site 1A, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia