NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Astron

Launch Time
Wed Mar 23, 1983 12:45 UTC

Rocket

Proton-K/Block D-1
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,468 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 9,000 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 56.14 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.9 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

Mission Details

Astron

Astron was a Soviet spacecraft which was designed to fulfill an astrophysics mission. It was based on the 4MV spacecraft design and was operational for six years as the largest ultraviolet space telescope during its lifetime. Astron's payload consisted of an 80 cm ultraviolet telescope which was designed jointly by the USSR and France, and an X-ray spectroscope on board. It could take UV spectra 150-350 nm.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,500.0 kg
Highly Elliptical Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1983

21st orbital launch attempt

Proton-K

100th mission
3rd mission of 1983
79th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission