NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Kvant-1

Launch Time
Tue Mar 31, 1987 00:06 UTC

Rocket

Proton-K
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,469 kN
Payload to LEO: 20,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 56.14 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.15 m
Fairing Height: 16.12 m

Mission Details

Kvant-1

First addition to the Mir core module, docked to the aft end of the station. This provided the station with a complex set of scientific equipment (the international Roentgen X-ray Observatory consisting of the HEXE, Pulsar X-1, Sirene-2, and TTM instruments; the Glasar UV telescope; and the Svetlana electrophoresis unit) as well as additional support systems, in particular attitude control from 6 large gyrodynes. The module was launched with a TKM-E space tug, which maneuvered the spacecraft through docking and was then discarded.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 22,797.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1987

32nd orbital launch attempt

Proton-K

144th mission
3rd mission of 1987
121st successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission