Almaz-T n°1
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:00:00
Saturday November 29, 1986
Mission Details
Launch Notes
Vibrations in the rocket caused separation of an electrical relay shortly after liftoff, which later resulted in the command to initiate stage separation failing to go through. Unable to stage, the rocket lost control at T+131.7s and crashed.
Almaz-T n°1
The design for this spacecraft was based on the Almaz crewed orbital station (Salyut 2, 3, 5) with docking ports and some environmental controls removed. It was equipped with a 3GHz S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar. It was to store data on a tape and downlinked it via the Luch GEO satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
18,550 kilograms
Rocket
Manufacturer
KhrunichevRocket
Height: 56.14m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 20,100 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
9,469 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.15m
Height: 16.12m
Stages
3
Launch Site
Stats
Proton-K
141st
Mission
9th
Mission of 1986
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
2055th
Mission
85th
Mission of 1986
1986
100th
Orbital launch attempt